The Vowels

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Ye vowels, A black, E white, I red, U green, O blue,I will reveal your latent births one of these days.A, of big burnished flies the ebon hairy staysBuzzing o'er cruel stenches, gulfs of shade; E, hueOf tents and vapours, lance of proud glaciers, rajahs whoIn linen glitter, umbel shiverings; I, displaysOf purples, laugh of lovely lips where angers blaze,Expectorated blood, excesses steeped in rue.U, the divine vibration of green seas,Æons, the peace of cattle-studded leas,Lines drawn by alchemy on studious foreheads wise.O, supreme clarion full of strident noises strange,Silences where worlds and angels range,O, the Omega, and the violet ray of His eyes!

© Bithell Jethro