Third Avatar, Two

Leda Lamour,

To Stoop to Conquer

The lion and the unicorn both bend
Toward the graceful lady, tall in beauty,
Who stands before her tent, to condescend
To smile upon a rightful manly duty.
With fecund nature busily amazed
With monkeys, rabbits, goats, fleurs, sundry birds,
And verdant trees - and blazoned pennants raised,
The woman deigns to speak – these are her words:
“These worthy gifts (each sense receives it due)
Cry I am all you want, your only love;
While nature and brave heart proclaim you true,

You kneel below to place me high above.
So with humility you conquer all;
You stoop, I rise, completely in your thrall.”