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Gongora
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Gongora (Whose father was an assayer of goods confiscated by the Inquisition) The new world’s gold—searched out, expropriated— Brought home in squat, potbellied caravels; Pain clung to it, pure, unobliterated, And found new halls of anguish, older hells: Reworked as filigree and massy plate, Sword-hilt, menorah, monstrance, crucifix, Prized objects of virtù, rich gifts of state Bright with the promise of apocalypse. A child pokes through them in a lumber room (His silent father’s writing at a table): Worship and fantasy, and puissant Spain; Imagined glory gores the velvet gloom. Violence and glamour tell their lying fable To one who has no notion now of pain. You are reading copyrighted material published by Ohio University Press/Swallow Press. Unauthorized posting, copying, or distributing of this work except as permitted under U.S. copyright law is illegal and injures the author and publisher. ...