Gates of Horn and Ivory

On Spirit and the Imagination III

There are twin Gates of Sleep. One, they say, is made
of horn, and lets true visions pass through easily.
The other gleams with complex work in ivory,
but through it shades send lying visions to the light.
Anchises and the Sibyl brought Aeneas
to this gate and sent him through. He hurried
along the coastline to Caieta’s harbor
and cast anchor. The sterns reste…