The fantastic boats
Dart to the dull, brown shore
Disgorging Color--

Scarlet marionettes
Turn and stamp
Below majestic plinths--
Hawk faced priests
Their vestments...many hued
Flashing in the torches glare--
Do curious things
To quivering forms!
A girl's silvery laugh
Defiles the ceremony....
Ebony figures flash
And it is silenced.

Fantastic boats
Float out into the waters
There is one empty couch!

TVD.