Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE MAGICIAN, by LOUISE LOUIS


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THE MAGICIAN, by                    
First Line: Here here here / immortal magic
Last Line: "refracted light! Gems gems gems . . ."
Subject(s): Jewelry & Jewelers; Magic; Rings; Bracelets; Necklaces


"Here here here
Immortal magic
gems gems gems!

A hyacinth cameo
Showing the head of Christ
In profile.

Deep orange garnets, dark purple
Sapphires. Midnight stars
Of chrysoberyl from Ceylon.

Peasant brooches from India.
Rubies from Burma, honey brown
Ones from Virginian slopes.

Old Chinese buckles of jasper
Beside American pearls, born
In the Connecticut river.

Rose jasper pried from Ural mountains.
Out of Siberia, ornamented
And cut in Paris.

Australian onyx, bluish black
Peacock dragons of iridescent
Opal . . . and here stands little

Ho-Hsien-Ku, forever young,
With her lotus emblem
In pure Formosa coral.

And last, this Persian seal
Upon whose shining surface Arabic
Characters have patiently been carved:

In the name of Allah the compassionate,
The merciful -- Who knoweth what has
Been, and what shall be hereafter --

The upholding of Heaven and Earth
Burden HIM not . . . Immortal magic
Refracted light! gems gems gems . . ."





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