Robert Henri
Julianita
Julianita
Robert Henri
Julianita Ready for the Dance
Dance Figure
For the Marriage in Cana of Galilee
Dark eyed,
For the Marriage in Cana of Galilee
Dark eyed,
O woman of my dreams,
Ivory sandalled,
There is none like thee among the dancers,
None with swift feet.
I have not found thee in the tents,
In the broken darkness.
I have not found thee at the well-head
Among the women with pitchers.
Thine arms are as a young sapling under the bark
Thine arms are as a young sapling under the bark
Thy face as a river with lights.
White as an almond are thy shoulders;
White as an almond are thy shoulders;
As new almonds stripped from the husk.
They guard thee not with eunuchs;
Not with bars of copper.
Gilt turquoise and silver are in the place of thy rest.
Gilt turquoise and silver are in the place of thy rest.
A brown robe, with threads of gold woven in
patterns, hast thou gathered about thee,
O Nathat-Ikanaie, 'Tree-at-the-river'.
As a rillet among the sedge are thy hands upon me;
As a rillet among the sedge are thy hands upon me;
Thy fingers a frosted stream.
Thy maidens are white like pebbles;
Thy maidens are white like pebbles;
Their music about thee!
There is none like thee among the dancers;
There is none like thee among the dancers;
None with swift feet.
~ Ezra Pound ~
~ Ezra Pound ~
