The
Nazareth
Mines
When Rome was
Of the world –
And Master Moon
Was free –
And Mistress Midnight
Bedizened –
In show-star
Finery.
A tiny sparkle
Caught,
Miss Mistress Midnight’s
Eye –
And captured Master
Moon,
Who paled
And gasped a sigh –
But Rome, still
Of the world,
Had doctors observe
Ceiling signs –
And missed the Immaculate
Diamond –
Debouching from
Nazareth mines.
Hilary M. Flanery