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FACADE: 12. SAID THE NOCTAMBULO by EDITH SITWELL

Poet Analysis

First Line: BENEATH THE GILT CAPRICORN
Last Line: "AND THE WALLED JERICHO."

BENEATH the gilt capricorn
Said the Noctambulo
Turning his folio
To the papillio
By the night born:
"I nod my head
And the great Avatar
With his scented guitar
And his scimitar,
Pretends to be dead;
And my snore forlorn
Is a horn
That will blow
Down the gilt capricorn
And the walled Jericho."



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