Imagination
John Davidson
1857 to 1909
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(From "New Year's Eve")
There is a dish to the sea,
A brazier to contain the sun,
A for the galaxy,
A voice to wake the dead done!
That minister of ministers,
Imagination, gathers up
The Universe,
Like jewels in a jasper cup.
Its flame mingle north and south;
Its accent with the thunder strive;
The ruddy sentence of its mouth
Can make the dead alive.
The mart of power, the fount of will,
The form and mould of every star,
The source bound of good and ill,
The key of all things that are,
Imagination, new and strange
In every age, can turn the year;
Can shift the poles and change
The mood of men, the world's career.