Eros

O Eros of the mountains, of the earth,
One thing I know of thee that thou art old,
Far, sovereign, lonesome tyrant of the dearth
Of chaos, ruler of the primal cold!
None gave thee nurture: chaos' icy rings
Pressed on thy plenitude. O fostering power.
Thine the first voice, first warmth, first golden wings,
First blowing zephyr, earliest opened flower;
Thine the first smile of Time: thou hast no mate.
Thou art alone forever giving all:
After thine image. Love, thou did'st create
Man to be poor, man to be prodigal;
And thus, O awful god, he is endued
With the raw hungers of thy solitude.