ΓΟΥΙΛΛΙΑΜ ΚΑΡΛΟΣ ΓΟΥΙΛΛΙΑΜΣ

WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS

SONG

Beauty is a shell
from the sea
where she rules triumphant
till love has had its way with her

Scallops and
lion’s paws
sculptured to the
tune of retreating waves

undying accents
repeated till
the ear and eye lie
down together in the same bed