You elegant fowl, how charmingly sweet you sing! (Pussy-Cat to The Owl)

Marsillo and his Wife, Lorenzo Lotto, 1523

The Owl and the Pussy-Cat went to sea
In a beautiful pea-green boat;
…They sailed away, for a year and a day,
To the land where the bong-tree grows;
…And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand,
They danced by the light of the moon.

from The Owl and The Pussy-Cat
by Edward Lear

Willow and WT, August 20, 1977

Passion has turned the lock, pride keeps the key.

from "The Anniversary", Sonnets from Captain Craig
Edwin Arlington Robinson