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MAYAN TEMPLE by ADA CLARKE CARMICHIEL

First Line: MAYAN TEMPLE, CRUDE AND TALL
Last Line: IN A TEMPLE MADE OF CLAY.
Subject(s): MAYAS; TEMPLES; MOSQUES;
Mayan Temple, crude and tall,
Broken stairway up a wall;
Curious Altar, mossey, old;
Curious carvings, cruel, cold.

Pictures on a carven cast
Hold my fancy of a past:
Feathered serpent, evil, bold,
Ruled in glory and in gold.

Serpents rule in gold today
In a temple made of clay.



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