"My Temple Stands in Ephesus" - poem

 

 

Lawrence Hall

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“My Temple Stands in Ephesus”

 

-Pericles V.i.241

 

“My temple stands in Ephesus,” the goddess says

I don’t believe in goddesses, of course,

And stern Saint Paul would up cut rough about them

But we could wish them so, temples and gods

 

We could board a ship with a seeing eye

A ship of wonderful cargoes safely stowed

And let there be “Lords, Knights, Gentlemen,

Sailors, Pirates, Fishermen, and Messengers”

 

To speed our stories and our very selves

To where a temple stands in Ephesus