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Itra inedou t s ider ighti n to Hadr ian 's sou l .The b o yla ydeadO n the lo w couch,o n whosedenudedwhole ,To Hadr ian 's eyes,tha la ttheir seeingb led ,The shadowyl ightofDeath's ecl ipsewa s shed.The b o yla ydeadan d the da yseemeda n ightOuts ide.The ra in fel l ike a s ickaffr ightO f Nalure a the rw o r k in ki l l ing him.Throughthem i n d ' s galler ies of their p as tdel ightThe veryl ightofm e m o r ywa s d i m .OhandsthatclaspederewhileHadr ian 's warm hands,Thatn o wf o u n dthem b u tc o ldO hairb o u n derstwhi le with the press ingb a n d sOeyesto o di f f ident lyb o l dO barefemalem a l e - b o d yl ikeA go dthatdawns i n to hu ma n i t yO l ips whoseop en i ngrednesse r s tcou ld s t r ikeL u s t ' s seatswithaso i ledart 's var ie ty

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O f ingers sk i l ledin things n o tto b e n a m e dOtongue which,c oun te r - t on gued ,the th robbed b r o w s f l amedOgloryofa w r o n gl u s tp i l lowed o nRagedconc iousness ' ssp i l ledsu spen s i o nThese things are things thatn o wm u s tb e n o m o r e .The ra in is s i len t ,an dtheE m p e r o rSinks b ythe couch.H is gr ie fis l ike a rage,Fo r thegods takeawaythe l ife theygiveA n d s p o i ltheb eau tytheym a d el ive.He weeps an dkn ows thateveryf u tu re ageIs s ta r i nga thim o u tof the t o - b e .H is loveiso n a un ive rsa lstage.A thousandu n b o r n eyes weepwithhis mise ry .A n t i n o u sisdead,is deadfo rever ,Is deadfo reveran dthelovesl amen t .V n u s herself ,tha twas A d n i s 'l over ,Seeinghim again,havingl ived,deadagain,L e n d s he rgreatskyeygr ie f n o wto b eb l e n tWithHadr ian ' s p a i n .No wis A p o l l o sadbecausethes tea lerO f his white b o d yis fo reverco ld.In vain shal lkisses o n thatn ipp led p o i n tCover inghis hear t -beats 's i len tplacei m p l o r eH is l ife again to opehi s eyesan d feelhe rPresencea longhis veins this for t ress holdO f l ove.No wn o caress inghandsa n o i n tWithgrowingjo ythatbody 's l u s t i ngl o re .The ra in fal is ,an dh e l ies l ike o n ewho hathForgot ten a lithe gestu resofhis loveA n d l ies awakewai t i ngtheirho t . re t u rn .B u ta lihis v ices 'a r tis n o w withDeath:Hel ies withher, whose sexc a n n o thim move ,Whose hand,were ' t n o tco ld ,st i l lne 'e r his cou ld b u r n .

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Li l ies were o n his cheeksan drosest o o .His eyesweres a d in joysomet imes .H esaidO ft in hisc losea b a n d o n m e n t s ,thatwo oL o v e to b em o r el ovethan love can b e,KissM yeyel ids tillm yc losede y e s seem to g u e s sThe kiss theyfeella id in rayheart 's breas t -bed.O H adr i an ,whatshal ln o wthyco ld l ife b e ?Whatb o o t s itto b ee m p e r o rove ra li ?H is absenceo 'e rthyvis ib lee m p e r yThrows ad im pal l .No ware thynights widowed of l ove an d kisses,No warethydaysr o b b ed of the night 's await ing,No warethyl ips pu rpose lessan dthy b l i s s es 'No l ongerof the s izeofthyl i fe,m a t i n gThy em p i re withthylove's b o l d tendernesses.No ware thyd o o r s c losed u p o n beau t yan dj oy .Throw a s h e s o n thyhead L o ,liftth ineeyesan ds e e the l ove lyboyNakedhe l ies u p o n tha tm e m o r i e db e d ;B yth ineo wn hand he l ies uncovered .There was h e w o n tthy dan glings e n s e to c loy ,A n d u n c l o ywithm o r ec loy ing,an d a n n o yWith newerunc loy i ngtillthys e n s e s b led.H is hand an dm o u j j ik n e wgamuts m u s i c a lO f vices thyw o r n sp inewas h u r tto f o l l ow.Somet imes itseemedto thee thata liwas ho l l owIn s e n s e in eacn n ews t ra in ing ofsucked us t .Then s t i l ln ewc r imes off ancyw o u l d he ca l lTo thyshaken f lesh,an dthou w o u l d s tt r emb le an dfa l iBacko n thy cush ions with thym in d ' s s e n s e hushed.Beaut i fu lwas m ylove,ye tmelancho ly .Heha dtha tar t ,of love's arts m o s tunho ly ,O f be ingl i thely sada m o n glust 's rages.No wthe Nile gavehim u p ,theete rna lNile.

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U n d e rhis we tlocks Death's b lue palenesswagesNo w wa r u p o n o u r p i tywithsadsm i le .Even a s he th inks ,the l u s tthatis n o m o r eThan a m e m o r yofl u s trevivesan dtakesHis s e n s e s b ythehand,an dhisf leshquakesTilla li b e c o me s again what' twas befo re .The deadb o d yo n theb edgetsu p an dl ivesA l o n ghis everynerver i ppedu p an dtwanged,A n d a ove-o 'e r -w isean di nv is ib lehandAteveryb ody -en t r an c e to his l u s tUtters caresseswhichflitoff ,ye tj u s tRemain enoughto b leedhis las tnerve'ss t rand ,O sweetan dc r u e lPar th ian fugit ives H er ises,m a d ,an dl ooks u p o n hisIover ,Thatn o wcan love no th ingb u twhatn o n ek n o w .Then his co ld l ips ru n a litheb o d yo v e r His l ips thatscarcer e m e m b e r thei r warmth ,n o wSob l e n twithfeel ingthedeaththeyb e ho l d ;A n d s o ice-sense lessarehis l ips that ,lo ,Hescarcetastes deathf rom the deadbody ' s co ld ,B u titseems b o t haredeado r l iv ingb o t hA n d loveis st i l lthe Presencean dtheMove r .Then his l ips c e a s e o n the o ther i p s 'co ld sloth.B u ttherethewan t i ngbrea thr em i n dshisl ipsThatbetween him an dhis boy - l ovethe m i s tThatc o me so u tof the gods hascrept .The t ipsfhis f ingers,st i l lid lyt i ck l ing,l i s tTo s o m ef lesh- responseto the i rpu rp le m o o d .B u tthei r l o ve -o r i son is n o tun de r s t ood .The go d is deadwhosec u l twas to b ek i s sedH el i f ts his handu p to whereheaven shou ld b eA n d cr ies o n the m u t egodsto k n o whis pa in .L o ,l is t ,o d iv inewatchers ofo u rglee

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A n d s o r ro w ,list ,he willyie ldu p his reign.Hewilll ive in thedeserts an db eparchedO n the ho tsands ,he willb ebeggaran d s lave ;Bu tgiveagain theb o yto b ea rm - reac hedForego thatspaceye m e a n tto b ehis grave Take a lithe femalebeaut ies of the ear thTake a liafaran drendthem ifye willBut ,b ysweetGanymede ,thatJovef o u n dwor thA n d aboveH e b e d id electto fillHis cu p a this highfest iva is ,an dsp i l lH is fa i rer vicewherefrom c o me s newerb i r th ,Thec lod of female e mb r a c e sresolveTo dus t ,o father o the go d s ,b u tspareThis b o yan dhis white b o d yan dgolden hair .Maybethy newerGanymede thou m e a n s tThathe shou ldb e,an do u to fjealous careFrom Hadr ian 's a r m s to thine his beau t ysteal 's t .Hewas a ki t ten p lay ingwithl us t ,p lay ingWith hi s o wn an dwithHadr ian 's , s o me t i me s o n eA n d s o me t i me s two ,n o wspl i t t ing,n o wo n egrown,No wleavingl us t ,n o w ust 's highl us ts delaying,No weyeingl u s tn o twide,b u tf r om askanceJ u m p i n gr o u n do n lust 's hal f -unexpectance;Then sof t ly gr ipp ing,then withf u ry hold ing,No wp layfu l l yplay ing,n o wser ious ly ,n o wl y ingB ythe s ideofl u s tl ook i n ga ti t ,n o wspy ingWhichwayto take l u s tin his lust 's withhold ing.Thus d id the hours sl idef r om the i r tangledhandsA n d f r om the i r m i x e dl i m b s the m o m e n t ssl ip.No wwerehis a r m s deadleaves,n o wi r o n bands ,No wwerehis l ips c u ps ,n o w the things thats ip,No wwerehis eyesto o c losed,an dn o wto o op e n ,No wwerehis ways sucha s n o n ethoughtmighthappen ,No wwerehis arts a featheran dn o wawhip.

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10Thatlovetheyl iveda s a re l ig ionOfferedto gods thatdo to presenceb e n d .Some t imes he was ado rnedan dm a d eto d o nHal f - cos t umes ,nova pos i ngnud i t yThat im i ta tes s o m egod's e te rn i tyO f b o d ys ta tue -known to crav ingm e n .No wwas he V n u s ,r isen f r om the seas ;A n d n o wwas he A p o l l o ,white an dgo l den ;No wa s Jovesatehe in m o c k - j u d g m e n to v e rTh epresencea this feetofhi s slavedl ove r ;No wwas he an actedr i te ,b yon ebeho lden ,In ever - repos i t ioned myster ies .No whe is some th inganyone can be.O white negat ion of theth ingitis O golden-hai red m o o n - c o l dlove l inessTo o c o l d to o co ld an dlove a s co lda s he.L o v e wandersth roughthememor ies o fhis viceA s th rougha l abyr i n th ,in s a d madnessglad,A n d n o wcal ls o n his n a m ean db ids him r ise ,A n dn o wis sm i l i nga this imagedc o m i n gThatis i ' th 'heartl ike faces in the g loam ing Meresh in ingshadows o fthe f o r m s theyhad.Th era in again l ike a vaguepain aroseA n d p u tthe s e n s e ofwetness in theai r .Sudden lyd id the E m p e r o r supposeHesawhis r oom an da li in itf rom far .Hesawthecouch,theb o yan dhiso wn f r ameCas tdown againstthecouch,an dhe b e c a m eA clearerpresence to himse l f ,an dsaidThesewords u n u t t e r e d ,saveto his sou l ' s dread :Ishallbu i l d theeastatue that will b eTo theas ton ishedfu tu re ev idenceO fm ylove an dthy beau tyan dthe s e n s eThatbeau tygivethof i n f in i ty ,

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IThoughdeathwithsub t l e uncover i nghandsremoveThe appare lof l ife an demp i re f rom o u rlove,Y e ti ts n ud es ta tue -sou lof l u s tm a d esp i r i tA lif u tu re t imes ,whethertheywill'to r n o t ,Shal l ,l ike a cu r se -seem inggod's b o o n ear th-brought ,Inev i tab lyinher i t .Ay ,this thys ta tueshal lIb u i l d ,an dsetU p o n thep innac le ofbeing- th ine.L e tT i m eByi ts sub t led im c r im eE a titf rom l i fe,o rwithmen 's v io lence f r e tTo pieces o u tofu n i t yan dpresence.A y,le ttha tb e O u r love shal ls tandso greatIn thystatueofu s ,l ike a god'sfate,O u rlove's i nca rna tean ddiscarnate essence,That,l ike a t r u m p e treaching overs e a sA n d go ingf rom c o n t i n e n tto c o n t i n en t ,O u rloveshal lspeaki ts joyan dwoe,death-b len t ,Overin f in i t ies an detern i t ies Them e m o r yofo u rlove shal lbr idgethe a g e s .Itshal ll oom white o u tof the pas tan db eEte rna l ,l ike a Grec ian v ic to ry ,In everyhear tthef u tu re shal lgiveragesO f n o tbe ingo u r love's c o n t e m p o r a r y .Yeto hthatthis wereneededn o t ,an dthouW e r ttheedf l ower pe r fu m i n gm yl i fe,The gar lando n theb r ows ofm ydel ight,Thel iv ingf l ameo n al tars ofm ys o u lW o u l d a lithis werea th ingthou mightes tn o wSmi lea tf rom u n d e rthydea th-mock ingl idsA n d w o n d e rthatI shou lds o p u ta str i feTwixtm ean dgods fo rthy l o s tpresencebr ight;Were there n o u gh tin this b u tm ye m p t ydo leA n dthy awaken i ngsm i lehal f to condo leWithwhatm y d r e a m i n gpa in to hopefo rb ids.

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2Thus w e n the ,l ike a l ove r who is wui t ing,From placeto placein his d im d o u b t i n gm i n d .No wwas his hope a greatbu l lcofwillfat ingIts wishto being,n o wfelth e he was b l i ndIn s o m ep o i n tofhis s e e n wishunde f i ned .When lovemeets deathwek n o w n o twhatto feel.When deathfo i ls lovewek n o w n o twhatto k n o w .No wd id his d o u b thope ,n o wd id hishoped o u b t .No wwhathis wishd re a m e dthe dream 'ss e n s e d id f l o u tA n d to a sul len empt iness congeal.Thenagain the godsfanned love's darken i ngglow.oThydeathh a s given m ea newerl u s tA f lesh- lus tragingfo retern i ty .O n m yi mp e r i a lwillIp u tm yt r u s tThatthe highgods,thatmadem ee m p e r o r b e,Willn o ta n n u lf r om a m o r e reall ifeM ywishthatthou shou lds tl ive fo re'eran ds tandA f leshlypresence o n their be t te rland ,Mor e beau t i f u lan da s beaut i fu l , fo rthereNo th ingsimposs i b le o u rwishes m a rNo r pain o u rhearts with changean dt i mean dstr i fe.Love ,love,m yl ove thou a r ta l readya god.This thoughtofm in e ,whichI a wishbel ieve,Is n o wish,b u ta sight,to m eal lowedB ythe greatgods,thatlo\ 'elovean dcan giveTo m o r t a lhearts,un d e rthe shapeofwishes O fwishes s t rong ,havingi mpe r i a lreaches Av is ion o ltherea lthings b e y on dO u rl i f e - impr i soned l i fe,o u rsense -bound sense.A y,whatI willthee to b ethou a r tn o wA l ready .A l ready o n Ol ymp i cg r o u n dThou walkes tan da r tper fect ,ye tr tthou ,Fo rthou needstn o excess of theeto do nTo per fec tb e,be ingper fec t ion .

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3 M yheartis s ingingl ike a m o r n i n gb i rd .A greathopef rom the gods c o m e s d o w n to m eA n d b ids m yhear tto s ub t l e rs e n s e b es t i r redA n d th inkn o tthatst rangeevi loftheeThatto th inktheem o r t a lwou ld b e.o M ylove,m ylove M ygod- love L e tm ekissO n thyco ld l ips thyho tl ips n o wi m m o r t a l ,Greet ingtheea tDeath 'spor ta l ' s happ iness ,Fo rto the gods Death's p o r t a lis L i fe 's por ta l .oThus is the m e m o r yof theea go dA l ready ,a l readya s ta tuem a d eofm e O fthatp a r tofm ethat ,l ike a greats e a ,Girds in m ea greatrede mp i r em o r e b r o a dThan a lithel ands an dpeoples thatareinM ypo\ver 's reach.Thus a r tthou m y s e l f m a d eIn thatgreats t re tchO l y m p i cthatbet raysThe t rue-who led gods p resen tin r iver a n d gladeA n dhours eterna lin i ts d i f fe ren tdays.Sos t r ongm yloveis thatitis thyself ,Thy b o d ya s itwas eredeathwa s i t ,Tower i ngabovethe s i lencei n f in i teThatgirds r o u n dl ifean di ts u n d u r i n gpelf .Even a s thou w e r tin l i fe,thyc o rpo ra lshadeIs in thepresenceofthe gods.M ylovePerm i t sn o tthati ts ca rna lbe i ngfadeO ro n ewhi tfalseto f leshlypresencep rove .Creedsm ayar isean dpass ,an dpass ions change,Otherways m ayb e b o r n o u tofTime ' s d r e a m,Bu tthis o u rl ove,m a d eb u tthybody , ' 1 1 rangeOn deathless meadsf rom happyst ream to s t ream.Weretheren oO l y m p u s fo r thee,m yloveW o u l d m a ketheeo n e ,wherethou so lego dmights tp rove ,A n d Ithyso leadorer ,gladto b e

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4Thyso leado re r throughi n f in i ty .Thatwere a div ine un iverseenoughFo rlovean dm ean dwhatto m ethou art .To have theeis athingm a d eofgods 's t u f tA n d to l o o k o n theeetern i ty ' s b e s tpar t .Ol ove ,m yl ove A v a k e with m ys t r ongwillf l ov i ngto O l y m p u s an db ethereThe la tes tgod,whosehoney -co lou red hairTakes div ine eyes A s thou w e r to n earth,st i l lIn heaven b od i f u l l yb ean dr o a m ,

A p r i s one ro fthathappinessofhome ,With eldergods,while 1 o n ear thd o m a keA s ta tuefo rthy deathlessness 's e e n sake.Thatdeathlessstatueof theeIshal lbu i ldWillb en o s t oneth ing,b u tm y greatregretBywhicho u rlove's e te rn i ty is wil led.M ys o r r o wshal lm a k e theeits god,an dsetThynakedpresenceo n the parape tThatl ooksove rthe s e a s offu tu re t imes .S o m eshal ls aya ll o u rlove was vice an dc r imes .Othersagainsto u rnames ,a s s tones ,shal lwhetThe kni feof the i r gladhateofbeau ty ,an dm a k eO u rn a m ea p i l l o ry ,a scaf fo ldan dastakeWhereon to b u m o u rbro thers ye tu n b o r n .Ye tshal lo u rpresence,l ike ete rna lm o r n ,Everre tu rn a tBeauty 'shou r ,an dshineO u tof theE a s tofL o v e ,a n db ethe shr ineO ffu tu re gods tha tno th ingh u m a n sco rn .M ylovefo r theeis p a r tofwhatthou w e r tA n d shal lb ep a r t ofwhatthystatuewill b e.O u rd o u b l e presence un i f ied in theeShal lm a k e to b e a tm a n ya fu tu re heart .A y,were ' ta s ta tueto b eb roken an dmissed,Ye ti ts s tone -pe r fec tm e m o r y

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W o u l d ,s t i l lm o r eperfect ,o n Tim e 's shou lders b o r n e ,O v e r l o o kthe greatM o r nFrom an e te rna lE as t .Thys tatueis of thyse l f an dofm e.O u rdua lpresencehasi ts u n i t yln thatper fec t ion ofb o d y , whichm ylove,In l ov ingi t ,d ido u tofm o r t a ll ifeRaisei n t o godness ,setabovethe str i feOf t imes an dchangingpass ions fa rabove.Theen dofdays,when Joveis b o r n again,A n d G a n v me d e againp o u ra this feast,Shal ls e e o u rdua ls o u lf rom deathreleasedA n d recreatedu n t love,j oy ,pa in ,L i f e a l ithe b eau tyan dthe vice an dl us t ,A lithed iv ine rsideoff lesh,f lesh-staged.A n d ,ifo u rverym e m o r yworeto dus t ,B ythe gian traceof the en do fa g e s m u s tO u rdua lpresenceonceagainb eraised.Itra ined st i l l .B u ts low- t read ingn ightcameinClos i ngthewearyeyel idsofeachs e n s e .The veryconsc iousnessofse l f an ds o u lGrew,l ike a l andscapeth roughd im ra in ing,d i m .The E m p e r o rla yst i l l ,s o st i l lthatn o wH eha l ff o rgo tvhere n o whe lay,o r whenceThe s o r r o wthatwas st i l lsa l to n his l ips .A liha dbeen s ome th i ngveryfar ,asc ro l lRolledu p .The things he fe l twerel ike the r im Thathaloesr o u n dthe m o o n when thenightweeps.His headwas b o w ed i n t o his a r m s ,an dtheyO n the lo w couch,fore ign to his s e n s e , lay.H is closed eyesseemedo pe n to him an dseeingThe nakedf l oo r ,dark ,co ld ,s a d an du n me a n i n g .His hur t i ngbrea thwa s a lihis s e n s e cou ld k n o w .

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6O u tofthefa l l ingdarkness the wind r oseA n dfell.Avo iceswoonedin the cour t s be l ow.A n d the E m p e r o r slept.

The gods c a m en o wA n d bo resometh ingaway,n o s e n s e knows how,O n unseena r m s ofp o w e ran drepose.

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