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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A CHARM TO BRING CHILDREN (EGYPT, A.D. 100), by CALE YOUNG RICE Poet's Biography First Line: Take twelve leaves of the male palm Last Line: Great is the lady isis! Subject(s): Charms (magic); Children; Egypt; Childhood | |||
Take twelve leaves of the male palm And write on each the name of a god. Wed each leaf to a lotus bloom And bind the twain to a bulrush rod. Walk with the stem betwixt your breasts By the flooding Nile when the young moon shows, Shadowy-pregnant, over the night. Then -- making the sign of Horus -- Thrice to the left and thrice to the right -- Call, to the wind of the Desert, Great is the lady Isis! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE THREE CHILDREN by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN CHILDREN SELECTING BOOKS IN A LIBRARY by RANDALL JARRELL COME TO THE STONE ... by RANDALL JARRELL THE LOST WORLD by RANDALL JARRELL A SICK CHILD by RANDALL JARRELL CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS ON THE DEATH OF FRIENDS IN CHILDHOOD by DONALD JUSTICE THE POET AT SEVEN by DONALD JUSTICE A CHINESE POET by CALE YOUNG RICE |
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