Gold fire swirling free,
Phoenix of west Europe’s future rising flaming from the sea;
Future strength and life and hope,
Sunshine trapped and streaming free,
Rising dancing from the sea.
Glimmer in the dark mist,
Glimmer far below,
Hazy flame that may be there or may have died away;
Living, fading, faint or gone,
Misty future lost to sight,
Merging dreaming with the night.
Glimmer in the dream time,
Glimmer in her eyes,
Glimmer of a Giacondo smile half veiled in hair;
Faint and small and lost to sight,
Richer riches than the sea,
Smile your unseen smile for me.
Glimmer in the dark mist,
Glimmer in her eyes,
Glowing darkness left by fire that dances and then dies;
Giacondo of the dream time,
Richer riches than the sea,
Smile your unseen smile for me.
RAE, 27 February 1975
Gold fire swirling free,
Phoenix of west Europe’s future rising flaming from the sea;
Future strength and life and hope,
Sunshine trapped and streaming free,
Rising dancing from the sea.
Glimmer in the dark mist,
Glimmer far below,
Hazy flame that may be there or may have died away;
Living, fading, faint or gone,
Misty future lost to sight,
Merging dreaming with the night.
Glimmer in the dream time,
Glimmer in her eyes,
Glimmer of a Giacondo smile half veiled in hair;
Faint and small and lost to sight,
Richer riches than the sea,
Smile your unseen smile for me.
Glimmer in the dark mist,
Glimmer in her eyes,
Glowing darkness left by fire that dances and then dies;
Giacondo of the dream time,
Richer riches than the sea,
Smile your unseen smile for me.
RAE, 27 February 1975