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pharos
Joined: 21 Jun 2009
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Location: Australia
Re: The crystal ball
quote:
Originally posted by Mairi bheag:
Where has the seeress lost herself?
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In what relentless seas
Sails she, with helmsman sprite or elf,
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To seek elusive ease?
What worlds are cupped within her hands?
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And where her steady gaze
Falls, are there rich, exotic lands
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In sunlit ancient days?
Her lips that seem to wish a kiss,
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Her beauty gowned in red
Is all her being wrapt in bliss,
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Or does she see the dead?
See there! Her grimoire and her wand
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Behind, a grinning skull
Are spirits summoned to respond,
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Or are her senses dull?
What knowledge, what enlightenment
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Seeks she in realms arcane?
Beware, my sweet! Alls transient,
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Your loveliness will wane!
Whatever is the magic lore
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Whose secrets now entice
You through a dark and one-way door
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You pay too high a price!
So lady, lay that lore aside,
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Forswear your mantic ball
For minds health, beautys morningtide
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Or, hazarding, lose all!
Mb
xx
(
The painting is by John William Waterhouse, late 19c early 20c.
)
Wonderful writing as always, Mairi. Love the painting too.
Wed Jun 24, 2009 12:49 pm
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