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- In the old Tower
- I
- II
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It is good to wander about in the soft light
under the olives of Materita. It is good to sit
and dream in the old tower, it is about the only
thing I can do now. The tower looks towards
the West, where the sun sets. Soon the sun
will sink into the sea, then comes the twilight,
then comes the night.
It has been a beautiful day.
II
The last ray of golden light looked in through
the Gothic window and wandered round the
old tower from the illuminated missals and the
thirteenth century silver crucifix on the walls to
the dainty Tanagras and the Venetian glasses on
the refectory table, from the flower-crowned
nymphs and bacchants dancing to the flute of
Pan on the Greek basrelief to the pale features
on gold ground of St. Francis, the beloved
Umbrian saint, with St. Claire, lilies in hand, by
his side. Now a halo of gold encircled the still
face of the Florentine Madonna, now the stern
marble goddess, the Artemis Laphria, the swift
arrow of Death in her quiver, stood out from the
gloom. Now a radiant Solar Disk crowned
once more the mutilated head of Akhanaten, the
royal dreamer on the banks of the Nile, the Son
of the Sun. Close by stood Osiris, the judge of
the soul of man, and the falcon-headed Horus,
the mysterious Isis and Nepthys, her sister, with
Anubis, the watcher of the grave, crouching at
their feet.
The light faded away, night drew near.
“God of day, Giver of light, cannot You stay
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