THE
MOON SYMBOL
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THIS
is the sign of the moon
Worn by the tribes of the West,
The sacred symbol of Night
Guarding the love in the breast.
This is the mystical charm
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Out
of soft moon-metal wrought,
With all of its magic intact,
The Navajo silversmith caught,
When he beheld in the dusk
That marvellous sickle of light
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Hang
o’er the desert to guide
The footsteps of lovers aright.
Was not a sorcerer here
Casting a silvery spell,
Calling the Manitou down
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| In the
wrought symbol to dwell?
Surely a poet was he,
Seeking a word of his own
For the enchantment of night
He too had seen and known!
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Bidding the silver assume
The language of beauty, and be
Witness of love for the dumb
Yet impassioned—even as he.
He too a lover had been,
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(Does
not his handicraft say?)
Touched with the glamour of life,
And giving his heart away.
See where the hammer-marks prove
The faith of the artist sublime—
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Love
and its work must abide,
Outlasting the sand storms of time.
Yours be this talisman too,
Lovers of beauty and light,
Leaving your hearts to the care
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| Of the
great spirit of night! |
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