For many, the scriptuers of the future will be empty
No longer is there any place where a divine power reigns
Gone are the famous and ideal models to follow
What has happened to that which is known to remain?
This design has been made from the vestiges of legends passed on and followed.
Inscribed on a tray designed about 1870 and purchased in 1881 by the Victoria and Albert Museum for £80. V&A ref: 211-1881. Above poem is translated from the photographed original (at the top of this blog.)
