Queen Sheba Gold…
I wondered which scribe’s
Nib dipped with care
Into the wondrous gold ink
Then had sparingly, lovingly, yet craftily
Transferred it onto smooth vellum,
Creating words of art and beauty,
Deliciously, artistically, yet stoically…
I wondered which writer’s
Pen had leaned there
Inside the bottled gold ink
Then had caringly, reverently, yet warily
Flowed it across rich vellum,
Forming letters of love and duty,
Religiously, stylistically, yet whimsically…
Pete Ray
An old glass Queen Sheba Gold ink bottle, apparently dug up in Lincolnshire, which I was able to purchase from BamboozlikArt in Lincoln.
There is still gold ink inside and I wondered who had used it…
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