A Talisman
Under a splintered mast,
Torn from the ship and cast
Near her hull,
“A stumbling shepherd found
Embedded in the ground,
A sea-gull
“Of lapis lazuli,
A scarab of the sea,
With wings spread-
“Curling its coral feet,
Parting its beak to greet
Men long dead.
Marianne Moore
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