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, @3Great is the lady Isis!@1 | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONG OF KAREN, THE DANCING CHILD by KATHERINE MANSFIELD NOTES FOR THE FIRST LINE OF A SPANISH POEM by JAMES GALVIN MY HAPPINESS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON PLEDGE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE BURIAL OF BOSTON CORBETT (ONE WARDEN TO ANOTHER) by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |