This was written on 5 January 2005, one from the "Back Catalogue". It partly refers to the idea of "Drawing Down the Moon" in Wicca, but also the descent of the Planetary Spirits in C.S. Lewis' "That Hideous Strength".
Quicksilver
Come down, O Messenger in the sky
Hermes, let words take wing and fly
Quicksilver tongue, and poetic form
Come, adorn with speech so warm
Thoughts, paradoxes, punning talk
Spirit of Mercury, come down, walk
Among us with your realm of words
White hot furnace of speech onwards
That we may know heart of language
Inspiration, so convey true message
Thoth descending, rhythm of speed
Viritrilbia, come speak to our need
Give us words to say when it is hard
Words of conform to those scarred
Words of wisdom bring sweet joy
The Herald comes to wounds alloy
Words caught, broken, inside out
Reborn as meaning, cast off doubt
Slayer of Argus, give us blessing
Where words fail, give expressing.
Hermes, let words take wing and fly
Quicksilver tongue, and poetic form
Come, adorn with speech so warm
Thoughts, paradoxes, punning talk
Spirit of Mercury, come down, walk
Among us with your realm of words
White hot furnace of speech onwards
That we may know heart of language
Inspiration, so convey true message
Thoth descending, rhythm of speed
Viritrilbia, come speak to our need
Give us words to say when it is hard
Words of conform to those scarred
Words of wisdom bring sweet joy
The Herald comes to wounds alloy
Words caught, broken, inside out
Reborn as meaning, cast off doubt
Slayer of Argus, give us blessing
Where words fail, give expressing.
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