This dead of midnight is the noon of thought,
And Wisdom mounts her zenith with the stars.
At this still hour the self-collected soul
Turns inward, and beholds a stranger there
Of high descent, and more than mortal rank;
An embryo God; a spark of fire divine.
Bio: The Meleager of Skopas is a lost bronze sculpture of the Greek hero Meleager host of the Calydonian boar hunt that is associated in modern times with the fourth century BCE architect and sculptor Skopas of Paros.
