In Her Praise -by Robert Graves This they know well: The Goddess yet abides. Though each new lovely woman whom she rides, Straddling her neck for a year or two or three Should sink beneath such weight of majesty And, groping back to humankind, gainsay The headlong power that whitened all her way With a broad track of trefoil - leaving you, Her chosen lover, ever again thrust through With daggers, your purse rifled, your …showed first 75 words of 607 total…

…showed last 75 words of 607 total…never fear, for she will always have a place in heaven. Here, heaven is characterized in the form of the “oracular dead,” and the “moon.” ...Woman is mortal woman. She abides. She was once a Goddess, now a “mortal woman.” She was once in a blissful heaven, now in our world today. The use of the word “abides” portrays in the readers mind that she is beneath heaven - where she truly belongs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**