Hour for Magic

Resident mockery give us an hour for magic We of the purple glove, we of the starling flight and velvet hour We of Arabic pleasure's breed We of sun-dome and the night Give us a creed to believe, a night of lust Give us trust in the night Give of color hundred hues, a rich Mandala for me and you And for your silky pillowed house A head, wisdom and a bed Troubled decree resilient mockery has claimed thee We used to believe in the good old days We still receive in little ways The things of kindness and unsporting brow Forget and allow