STANZA 3 (lines 43-59)
Madame Sosostris , famous clairvoyante, | |
Had a bad cold, nevertheless | |
Is known to be the wisest woman in Europe, | 45 |
With a wicked pack of cards. Here, said she, | |
Is your card, the drowned Phoenician Sailor , | |
(Those are pearls that were his eyes. Look!) | |
Here is Belladonna , the Lady of the Rocks, | |
The lady of situations. | 50 |
Here is the man with three staves , and here the Wheel , | |
And here is the one-eyed merchant , and this card, | |
Which is blank, is something he carries on his back, | |
Which I am forbidden to see. I do not find | |
The Hanged Man . Fear death by water. | 55 |
I see crowds of people, walking round in a ring. | |
Thank you. If you see dear Mrs. Equitone, | |
Tell her I bring the horoscope myself: | |
One must be so careful these days. |