Poems by Isaac Rosenberg

FRAGMENTS OF " THE
UNICORN"
I
THE AMULET
Lilith. Saul. Amak. Nubian.
Lilitii sits under pomegranate trees watching her
child Amak playing with Saul his father's
helm and spear. A light smoke is ascending
from the chimney of their hut, and through the
doorway a naked Nubian man is seen stirring
the embers.
Saul sleeps.
Lilith
Amak, you'll break your father's sleep :
Come here and tell me what those spices are
This strange man bakes our cakes with.
It makes the brain wild. Be still, Amak :
I'll
give you the strange man your father brought,
And he will
run with you upon his back to-day.
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