“Almost Ludicrously Beautiful”
“His looks were stunning – it is the only appropriate adjective.” ~ Leonard Woolf
“the handsomest young man in England” ~ W. B.Yeats
“He [Ganymede] was regarded as the most beautiful human on earth, male or female.” ~ Mythology Source
“the whole effect was almost ludicrously beautiful” ~ Henry W. Nevinson
I wonder what is wrong with women. They
Were offered classic beauty in a man
Who walked among them, beauty that would say,
Like lightning flashed from Zeus, its skywide span,
When first he saw his Ganymede, “Reach out
And have me, now, Now, NOW.” But most of them
Said no. Oliviers refused to shout,
“Come into me, Male Beauty. Lift my hem
And give me all your gorgeousness can shove
Inside.” Society beauties were far
Too stuck up. Even married men could love
His utter awesomeness, more than a star,
More like a constellation such as Zeus
Made Ganymede. Brooke’s beauty was profuse.
~ Phillip Whidden