Ekphrasis

"Brittos, armed in warcloth 
"And a shaft with bronze tip 
"A wooden oaken shield 
"With Noe’s boat on the lip.

"The shaft, carved for twelvemonths 
"With the scrimshaw of wins 
"Gingerly shaved with knives; 
"A beater of knaves tens.

"The shield with Behemoth 
"That tusk ’ed elephant 
"Oak to ebony etch’d 
"In tusks, the pliant rim (Neifert, 144)."

Neifert, B. K.. Excerpt from "The Ode of Brittos" from Fairyland. Kindle Direct Publishing, 2020.