Bit by bit, and a wedge between,
Piece by piece with the edge unseen.

Porphyry for the garden pool,
In silver flows the water cool.

Jade-green leaf on a sepia twig,
Blood-red bird and purple fig.

Errant knight, and a lady fair.
Of jasper is her tawny hair.

His light plume to a breeze might yield,
But bronze stones form his mighty shield.

Bit by bit, and a wedge between,
Piece by piece ... with the edge unseen.

Tableau in lasting colors shown;
A story told in mitered stone.