Embarcadero

  Like you I had found this
  to be a suspiciously posh
  little saddle, but on the
  other hand, I must admit,
  it only enhanced my sense
  of its being auspicious.

 














...                        each lord            
Touched at his sleeve for the ace he'd hidden there.
























David Ferry
Of No Country I Know
  New and Selected Poems
  and Translations
  The Embarkation
  for Cythera
  [fragment]
University of Chicago, 1999©

Antoine Watteau
L'embarquement pour Cythère
1717
Palais du Louvre