Sun-testament Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N B O J J D P Q J J R C D C JJJ| I The Sun Lord of the Sky sojourning in the Land of Sky being of sound mind and memory do hereby make publish and declare the following to be my Last Will and Testament hereby revoking all other wills codicils and testamentary dispositions by me at any time heretofore made | A |
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| First I hereby direct and elect that my estate shall be administered and my will construed and regulated and the validity and effect of the testamentary dispositions herein contained determined by the laws of the Sky | B |
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| Second I give and bequeath absolutely to my wife the Moon four octrillion centuries of sun rays this legacy to have priority over all other legacies and bequests and to be free from any and all legacy inheritance transfer successions taxes or duties whatsoever said taxes or duties to be borne by my estate | C |
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| Third I give and bequeathe the sum of one million centuries of sun rays net free from any and all legacy inheritance transfer succession taxes or duties whatsoever said taxes or duties to be borne by my estate to my Executors to be used for the erecting of an Obelisk to the Sun | D |
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| Fourth I give and bequeathe to my beloved wife the Moon my assortment of sunstones my sun yacht that for many aeons has navigated the sea of clouds together with my collection of butterflies which are the souls of women caught in my golden web and my collection of red arrows which are the souls of men caught in my golden web | E |
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| Fifth I give and bequeathe to my sons and daughters the stars my mirror the ocean and my caravan of mountains | F |
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| Sixth I give and bequeathe to Aurora Goddess of the Dawn a sunrise trumpet and a girdle of clouds | G |
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| Seventh I give and bequeathe to the planet Venus all my eruptive prominences whether in spikes or jets or sheafs and volutes in honor of her all too few transits | H |
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| Eighth I give and bequeathe to Lady Vesuvius a sunbonnet a palace of clouds and the heart she once hurled up to me | I |
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| Ninth I give and bequeathe to the Sun Goddess Rat the Lady of Heliopolis and a garden of sunflowers | J |
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| Tenth I give and bequeathe to Icarus a sunshade and a word of introduction to the Moon | K |
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| Eleventh I give and bequeathe to Horus Egyptian Hor the falcon headed solar divinity a thousand sun hawks from my aviary to be mummified in his honor | L |
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| Twelfth I give and bequeathe to Amenophus IV of Egypt my golden gourd that his thirst for me may be assuaged | M |
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| Thirteenth I give and bequeathe to Renofer High Priest of the Sun my shares in Electric Horizens and Corona Preferred | N |
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| Fourteenth I give and bequeathe to Louis XIV of France Le Roi Soleil my gold peruke | B |
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| Fifteenth I give and bequeathe to Arthur Rimbaud a red sunsail | O |
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| Sixteenth I give and bequeathe to my charioteer Phaeton my chariot of the sun and my chariot horses Erythous Acteon Lampos Philogeus | J |
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| Seventeenth I give and bequeathe to each of the Virgins of the Sun in Peru to each and every citizen of Heliopolis to the Teotitmocars of Mexico who built the giant pyramid to the Sun to each and every of the Incas to the Hyperboreans dwellers in the land of perpetual sunshine and great fertility beyond the north wind my halo rainbows and mirages to the Surya bans and the Chandra bans of India to each a sunthought and to my lowly subject the Earth ten centuries of sunrays | J |
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| Eighteenth I give and bequeathe likewise to the Japanese Flag whose center is a Red Sun and to the flags of Persia the Lion and the Sun and to the flags of Uraguay and Argentine my fiery flames and furious commotion | D |
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| Nineteenth I give and bequeathe to all the inns cabarets bars taverns bordels whose ensign is the Sun pieces of brocaded sunlight | P |
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| Twentieth I give and bequeathe sunbonnets to various high monuments in particular the Eiffel Tower the Woolworth Building and to an imaginary tower built by the combined height of the phalluses of men | Q |
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| Twenty First I give and bequeathe to Apollo of Greece a temple of the sun to Osiris of Egypt a temple of the sun to Indra of India a temple of the Sun this legacy is over and above any and all commissions to which they may be entitled as executors | J |
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| Twenty Second All the rest residue and remainder of my estate of whatsoever kind and nature wheresoever situated not specifically given or bequeathed hereinabove including any and all void or lapsed legacies or bequests I give devise and bequeathe to Mithra of the Persians and to Surya of the Hindus or to the survivor with the request that they establish therewith a fund for Sun Birds i i poets to be organized and administered by them in their sole discretion and judgement this fund to be known as the Sun and Moon Fund for Sun Birds | J |
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| Twenty Third I hereby nominate constitute and appoint Osiris of Egypt Apollo of Greece and Indra of India Executors of this my last will and testament | R |
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| In witness thereof I have herewith set my hand and seal to this holographic will entirely written and dated and signed by me at my Castle of Clouds this nineteenth day of January nineteen hundred and twenty eight | C |
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| Signed The Sun | D |
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| Signed sealed published and declared by The Sun the Testator above named as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at his request and in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses thereto | C |
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| Hu of the Druids | J |
| Ptah of the Egyptians | J |
| Vitzliputsli of the Mexicans | J |
Harry Crosby
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