Asclepius formidabilis (Griefbane)
1997
Oil on canvas
38 x 51 in.
by Anthony Hecht
To be preferred above base metal,
I am a gold that glisters not:
Exsufflicated mind and spirit
Of Greece and Keats's earthen pot.
This poem was written to title and accompany the painting in the book I am a gold that glisters not:
Exsufflicated mind and spirit
Of Greece and Keats's earthen pot.
Another Language of Flowers (New York: George Braziller 1998).
