Narcissus

Quiescent, deep, untouched by tiny brains That must impress and change the world today, He bides his time and goes his own sweet way Like waters slothing over grassy plains. Immutable as gold, whose brightest grains Pale to sepulchrous shade as if to say, "Here comes the intellect. Let him hold sway" "To him the power, glory and the gains"
London
13 January 1969