The Dutch Sloop Look back at the harbour, its tired lights. Don't forget to remember This place as it is. Stars reflected in the dark sea. Still as a window. The sea his lulla-row.
Rubies often call forth A sensation of starlight in the tongue.
To blind a serpent Simply hold an emerald before its eyes. Malachite is useful In discouraging cradle-wraiths, coral to stanch The coiling of the waves. Chalcedony Drives away the terrors of the deep. Therefore, it sometimes happens that a swaddling cloth, for instance, will be stolen and pinned down beneath the waters on an oysterbed, pins marking the name of the child. The belief being that as the cloth washes away, so will the body of the child that had worn it.