Mozley, Joseph Thornton

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University of New Mexico

New Mexico Quarterly
Volume 1 | Issue 3 Article 7
1931
On Gazing at a Reproduction of Venus de Milo
Joseph Thornton Mozley
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By JOSEPH THORNTON MOZLEY
rYou without arms,
What tales your hands could tell. '
Were they lifted up in praise, "
-Or did they blessings give?
Were those stone~cast hands
Tightly gripped with ,hitense desire,
Or were. they benevolently opened wide'll'
A ~and and arm outstretched . "
.Can either beckon or stay; !
Can shpw contempt or fear.
Hands like eyes express the heart
When unrestrained they act;
But hands like ~yes can fool
The wisest of believing men,
When vampires. choose them
For their deceiving tools.
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