Poems (Marianne Moore)/HE MADE THIS SCREEN
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HE MADE THIS SCREEN
not of silver nor of coral,
but of weatherbeaten laurel.
but of weatherbeaten laurel.
Here, he introduced a sea
uniform like tapestry;
uniform like tapestry;
here, a fig-tree; there, a face;
there, a dragon circling space—
there, a dragon circling space—
designating here, a bower;
there, a pointed passion-flower.
there, a pointed passion-flower.