In Horologium
Inter marmoreas Leonorae pendula colles Fortunata nimis Machina dicit horas. Quas MANIBUS premit illa duas insensa papillas Cur mihi sit DIGITO tangere, amata, nefas?
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Inter marmoreas Leonorae pendula colles Fortunata nimis Machina dicit horas. Quas MANIBUS premit illa duas insensa papillas Cur mihi sit DIGITO tangere, amata, nefas?
Perched among the marble curves of a decorative clock, a little mechanical figure of a woman presses her hands against her own unmoving breasts as the hours tick by. The speaker looks on with a pang of playful envy.
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