"'Do you know, I always thought unicorns were fabulous monsters, too? I never saw one alive before!' 'Well, now that we have seen each other,' said the unicorn, 'if you'll believe in me, I'll believe in you.'"

--Lewis Carroll;

Through the Looking Glass

Unicorn

I no mate, no kin, have known;
None may claim me as his own;
One is one, and all alone,
It must be.

Through their weariness and woe
Men have sometimes seen me go,
Felt a wind from Eden blow
Suddenly:

Though they hunt with spear and horn,
Knowing life cannot be borne
If they have no unicorn--
I am free.

Though they kill, and weep to see
Beauty's symbol ended be--
One is one and lives in me
To eternity.

Nicholas Stuart Gray