What poem do thesese lines come from " down flew the shaft from the gods ;

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What poem do thesese lines come from " down flew the shaft from the gods ; barbed with miraculous change?

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"A Love Affair" by Arnold Bennett

Down flew the shaft of the god,
Barbed with miraculous change,
Struck - and a woman emerged from a clod,
This was strange.

Eyes and a mouth it had owned,
Movable head that would nod,
Waist and a bosom agreeably zoned-
But a clod.

Now when her eyes met the male's,
Flame from them wrapped him in fire;
Breath from that bosom o'erwhelmed him in gales
Of desire.

Stung by the flattering wave,
Proudly his manhood he spent,
Rare was the gift of her soul - for she gave,
But he lent.

Wit she had none to amuse,
Knew not the trade of a wife,
Heard not the voice of the muse. Now the muse
Was his life.

Weary he called on his God:
"Quench me this woman I've kissed!"
Lo! In due time she returned to the clod.
She was missed.