The Renaissance (Poem) “In response to ‘Woman! when I behold thee flippant, vain'” by Victoria Vakser ’26

  Good sir! When I behold thee proud and tall,         Full of thyself, commanding, seeking praise,         Withholding all advance, all kindly phrase, Thy sullen mouth turn’d downward, and withal An unforgiving man! Still then I fall         And yearn, and seek, and melt at thy caresses,         Still then I lift my face at thine addresses, Believe…