Fourteen small broidered berries on the hern  
  Of Circe's mantle, each of magic gold;  
  Fourteen of lone Calypso's tears that rolled  
  Into the sea, for pearls to come to them;  
  Fourteen clear signs of omen in the gem  
  With which Medea human fate foretold  
  Fourteen small drops, which Fautus, growing old,  
  Craved of the Fiend, to water Life's stem
From What the Sonnet Is.











