not of silver nor of coral, <br />but of weatherbeaten laurel. <br /> <br />Here, he introduced a sea <br />uniform like tapestry; <br /> <br />here, a fig-tree; there, a face; <br />there, a dragon circling space -- <br /> <br />designating here, a bower; <br />there, a pointed passion-flower.<br /><br />Marianne Moore<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/he-made-this-screen/
