The sibyl with her leaves of maddening verse,
Enchanted by her captivating curse;
Nor she nor I can say which one is worse:
the silentness of sight
or wind of words.
Cassandra sits with her among the leaves,
And Ariadne, weeping as she weaves;
Their sisterhood, this common curse of Eve's:
the silentness of sight
and wind of words.
Mother of God, whose face is ever bent
Toward thy Son's tree, assist me to repent,
That I may walk the way in which you went,
who held in silent night
both Wind and Word.
Vittoria Colonna*
3 days ago
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