my love for thee runs deep:-in their depths swim the secret longings for thee that I most keep.
Like Helen of Troy, thy fair face (as well!) can launch a fleet (of a thousand ships), all brimmed with Greeks who'd war at thy feet.
E'en Shakespeare's rich, lyrical verse cannot granteth thee justice:-his oft-sung poesy pales near thee, mine earthbound goddess!
Were ye deity in fair flesh ye'd be Aphrodite of Greek myth and legend--of beauty and of love e'er so mighty,--
Or Athena, goddess of wisdom, justice, the arts, and war (as scholar of law, thy counsel and sphere unshut justice's door).