I sang on Cedar Mountain,
\nI rejoiced beneath the sky.
\nRan in glee on the grassy peak,
\nLike an eagle, soon to fly.<\/p>\n
I called the name of Enki
\nFrom old Sumerian stone,
\nSaw the bright necklace of Ishtar
\nWho shines in the sky alone.<\/p>\n
Enki built a submarine,
\nMade from bended substance strange,
\nBlack bars and ordinary wood,
\nSubmerged from sight, out of range.<\/p>\n
Wise god Enki in his boat,
\nBuilt without windows or doors,
\nSailed far, deep beneath the ocean,
\nTill he came to other shores.<\/p>\n
There his own people landed,
\nChildren to whom he was king,
\nOf the first civilizations,
\nTo new lands he them did bring.<\/p>\n
He taught them to build spacecraft,
\nPyramids of golden stone,
\nThen, his helmet on, he lifted,
\nMounted to the stars, alone.<\/p>\n
From his ziggurat platform,
\nInside his black starship bright,
\nTall in his eagle winged helmet,
\nFree in his soul, born for flight.<\/p>\n
The ziggurat of Enki
\nIn the city centre square,
\nHis people built in his honour,
\nLike in Eridu and Ur.<\/p>\n
Sumerian stone tablet
\nTold tales of Enki the wise,
\nSpoken by a poet prophet,
\nMaster of what floats and flies.<\/p>\n
I rose up from Cedar Mountain
\nInside my own spaceship wheel,
\nWent wandering, like Gilgamesh
\nWith the sky beneath my heel.<\/p>\n
The ocean king, Oannes,
\nFrom his pearly palace floor,
\nOnce brought wisdom unto Summer,
\nLegged up and spoke on the shore.<\/p>\n
He gave them his instructions,
\nHe taught them all he knew.
\nFrom his holy laws and pattern
\nA civilization grew. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I sang on Cedar Mountain, I rejoiced beneath the sky. Ran in glee on the grassy peak, Like an eagle, soon to fly. I called the name of Enki From old Sumerian stone, Saw the bright necklace of Ishtar Who shines in the sky alone. Enki built a submarine, Made from bended substance strange, Black bars and ordinary wood, Submerged from sight, out of range. Wise god Enki in his boat, Built without windows or doors, Sailed far, deep beneath the ocean, Till he came to other shores. There his own people landed, Children to whom he was king, Of the first civilizations, To new lands he them did bring. He taught them to build spacecraft, Pyramids of golden stone, Then, his helmet on, he lifted, Mounted to the stars, alone. From his ziggurat platform, Inside his black starship bright, Tall in his eagle winged helmet, Free in his soul, born for flight. The ziggurat of Enki In the city centre square, His people built in his honour, Like in Eridu and Ur. Sumerian stone tablet Told tales of Enki the wise, Spoken by a poet prophet, Master of what floats and flies. I rose up from Cedar Mountain Inside my own spaceship wheel, Went wandering, like Gilgamesh With the sky beneath my heel. The ocean king, Oannes, From his pearly palace floor, Once brought wisdom unto Summer, Legged up and spoke on the shore. He gave them his instructions, He taught them all he knew. From his holy laws and pattern A civilization grew.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":205,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/205"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8420\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}