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
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