jay, thanks, I see what you mean about the sheathe. I'm relooking the poem as I type. It sort of wanders in my head I've read the poem comes from Lionel Johnson's "Mystic and Cavalier," which begins, "Go from me: I am one of those, who fall." Pound's "L'Invitation" begins, "Go from me. I am one of those who spoil" so maybe "A Virginal" is a spin-off of a spin-off (of sorts). tina