Holy City
And you will see a basin there,
Pure and clean and very white,
Lifted wings on either side
Holding it with gentlest might.
And those lifted wings shall be
Beautiful, like shining stone;
And the water in that basin
Like a Queen upon a Throne.
Underneath, the twisted shape
Of a man shall hold it up,
Half an angel, half an ape,
Struggling for the chasted cup.
And you will never know at all
I turned myself to this—
The laboring shape, the lifted cup,
The water's healing kiss.
Pure and clean and very white,
Lifted wings on either side
Holding it with gentlest might.
And those lifted wings shall be
Beautiful, like shining stone;
And the water in that basin
Like a Queen upon a Throne.
Underneath, the twisted shape
Of a man shall hold it up,
Half an angel, half an ape,
Struggling for the chasted cup.
And you will never know at all
I turned myself to this—
The laboring shape, the lifted cup,
The water's healing kiss.
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