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MAGIAN WINE by HERMAN MELVILLE

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First Line: AMULETS GEMMED, TO MIRIAM DEAR
Last Line: AMBIGUOUS IN THE BEADING HYMN.
Subject(s): ALCOHOLISM & ALCOHOLICS;

Amulets gemmed, to Miriam dear,
Adown in liquid mirage gleam;
Solomon's Syrian charms appear,
Opal and ring supreme.
The rays that light this Magian Wine
Thrill up from semblances divine.

And, seething through the rapturous wave,
What low Elysian anthems rise:
Sibylline inklings blending rave,
Then lap the verge with sighs.
Delirious here the oracles swim
Ambiguous in the beading hymn.



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