Once I had a name, forgotten now   I breathed the air in a century of wonder   I can hear it now in the darkness of the earth   Gorgeous machines, the sound they made like thunder   Great gardens drip honey-jewels and bright birds   The pageants pass down avenues of splendor   Ah, long afternoons by enchanted lakes   Upon elephants, so well I do remember      Lords and priests and talking beasts   Golden calves and telepaths   Crystal skulls and screaming gulls   Women glowed tattooed with woad   Colored mists and amethysts   Men were strong and days were long   Dragons glide on mountainside   Mandrake root, angel fruit   Sighing winds on silver skin   Creation transubstantiation   Unicorns, electric storms   Tunes and runes, we laughed till noon   Sweet release, eternal peace