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That night he dreamed that over him there stole	A
A change miraculous whereby his soul	A
Was parted from his body for a space	B
And through a labyrinth of secret ways	C
Entered the world where dead men's ghosts abide	D
To seek the Seer who yestermorn had died	D
And there in very truth he found the Seer	E
Who gazing on him said 'What would'st thou here	E
O royal born who visitest the coasts	F
Of darkness and the dwellings of the ghosts '	G
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Then said the Prince 'I fain would know to find	H
The land as yet untrod of mortal kind	H
Which I beheld by gracious leave of Sleep '	-
To whom the Spirit 'O Prince the seas are deep	I
And very wide betwixt thee and that land	J
And who shall say how many days do stand	J
As dim seen armed hosts between thy bliss	K
And thee Moreover in the world there is	L
A certain Emerald Stone which some do call	M
The Emerald of the Virtues Mystical	N
Though what those Virtues Mystical may be	O
None living knows and since O youth to me	O
Thou dost apply for counsel be it known	P
Except thou have this wondrous emerald stone	P
Go seek through all the world thou shalt not find	H
The land thou wouldst but like the houseless wind	H
That roams the world to seek a resting place	B
Thou through inhospitable time and space	B
Shalt roam till time and space deliver thee	O
To spaceless timeless mute eternity	O
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'For in a certain land there once did dwell	Q
How long ago it needs not I should tell	Q
At the king's court a great astrologer	R
Ev'n such as erst was I but mightier	R
And far excelling and it came to pass	S
That he fell sick and very old he was	T
And knowing that his end was nigh he said	U
To him that sat in sorrow by his bed	U
'O master well beloved and matchless king	V
Take thou and keep this lowly offering	V
In memory of thy servant ' whereupon	W
The king perceived it was a gem that shone	P
Like the sea's heart and on one side of it	X
This legend in an unknown tongue was writ	X
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Who holdeth Me may go where none hath fared	Y
Before and none shall follow afterward	Z
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So the king took the bright green stone betwixt	A2
His fingers and upon the legend fixed	A2
His eyes and said unto the dying Seer	E
'Now who shall render this dark scripture clear	B2
That I may know the meaning of the gift '	-
And the mage oped his mouth and strove to lift	C2
His voice but could not for the wish d word	Z
Clave to his rattling throat that no man heard	Z
Whereby the soul departing bore away	D2
From all men living even to this day	D2
The secret And the jewel hath passed down	E2
Seven times from sire to son and in the crown	E2
It shineth of that country's kings being called	F2
Ev'n to this day the mystic emerald	G2
But no man liveth in the world of wit	X
To read the writing that is on it writ '	-
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'O Master ' said the Prince 'and wilt not thou	H2
Instruct me where to find the king who now	H2
Weareth the jewel in his diadem '	-
To whom the Spirit 'O youth and if the gem	I2
Be worth the finding is't not also worth	J2
The little pain of seeking through the earth	J2
Yet so thou may'st not wander witlessly	Q
Look thou forget not this I tell to thee	O
When in thy journeyings thou shalt dream once more	K2
The fateful dream thou haddest heretofore	K2
That filled thy veins with longing as with wine	L2
Till all thy being brimm'd over by that sign	L2
Thou mayest know thyself at last to be	O
Within the borders of his empery	K2
Who hath the mystic emerald stone whose gleam	M2
Shall light thee to the country of thy dream '	-
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'But ' said the Prince 'When all the world's highways	C
My feet have trod till after length of days	C
I reach the land where lies the wondrous stone	P
How shall I make so rare a thing mine own	P
For had I riches more than could be told	N2
What king would sell his jewels for my gold '	-
And on this wise the answer of the Seer	K2
Fell in the hollow of his dreaming ear	K2
'Behold this Iron Chain of power it is	L
To heal all manner of mortal maladies	O2
In him that wears it round his neck but once	P2
Between the sun's downgoing and the sun's	Q2
Uprising take it thou and hold it fast	R2
Until by seeking long thou find at last	R2
The king that hath the mystic emerald stone	P
And having found him thou shalt e'en make known	P
The virtues lodged within this charmed chain	S2
Which when the king doth hear he will be fain	S2
To have possession of so strange a thing	V
And thou shalt make a bargain with the king	V
To give the Iron Chain in bartery	K2
For that mysterious jewel whereof he	O
Knows not the secret worth And when at last	R2
The emerald stone in thy own hands thou hast	R2
Itself shall guide thee whither thou would'st go	T2
Ev'n to the land revealed of sleep where no	T2
Grief comes to mar their music neither sound	U2
Of sighing while the golden years go round '	-
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So spake the Spirit unto him that dreamed	V2
And suddenly that world of shadow seemed	V2
More shadowy and all things began to blend	W2
Together and the dream was at an end	W2
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Then slept the Prince a deep sweet sleep that knew	X2
Nor dream nor vision till the dawnlight grew	X2
Up and his soul a sudden halt did make	Y2
About the confines dim of sleep and wake	Y2
Where wandering lights and wildered shadows meet	Z2
But presently uprising to his feet	Z2
From tarriance in that frontier region dim	A3
Exceeding wonderment laid hold on him	A3
For even while from off his bed he rose	B3
He heard a clinking as of metal close	C3
Thereby and could in no wise understand	J
And lo the Iron Chain was in his hand	J

William Watson

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