America: A Symphony

Born under Scorpio rising,

America,

Born to accumulate power,

By money, by armies, by ideas!

America,

Incessantly seeking

To be the richest, the strongest, the most righteous!

And so the cycles of death and rebirth,

The necessary transmutations,

As the eagle rises on outstretched wings,

Fearlessly confronting the sun,

Ready at any instant to strike!

A cold and ruthless purpose

Glowers in the heart,

Controlling whatever it can-

Auspicious conjunctions and aspects

Of stars and planets

Bode the most magnificent fate,

And Sirius,haven of the dead,

Guides the calendar of nations,

The ebb and flood of civilizations,

As sublime intelligences

Filter through the living

And manifest the higher will.


From Atlantic to Pacific,

The almighty self proclaims itself,

Shouts anthems to the heavens,

Saints and prophets of America

Your bodies are the Bible of the world.



Plymouth Rock:-granite seed,so small and humble,

Cornerstone of the Temple,

Ashlar of light!

Down by the wax museum,the souvenir store

And the replica Mayflower

Moored in the bay

Of a human tear.