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SONG FOR THE GALASSBLOWER, by                    
First Line: Blow me a dolphin, glossy and frangible
Last Line: So blow me a hart that no hunter can slay.
Subject(s): Glass And Glassblowers


Blow me a dolphin, glossy and frangible;
Blow him ethereal, almost intangible.
Blow him of topaz, his fins out of beryl,
The air for his home and the water his peril.
Any real dolphin would die in the sun
So blow me a translucent, crystalline one.

Then you may fashion a hart, sleeker, lither
Than horse or than bull, and more graceful than either,
Antlered and shod out of gold, with the purest
Sienna for hide that was never in forest.
Any real hart, he would vanish away,
So blow me a hart that no hunter can slay.





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