Two Curses (2)

Two Curses The Curse of the Hope Diamond Jean Baptiste Tavernier, a 17th century jeweller, Wandered the face of the earth In search for gems. He visited India Twisting a great, blue diamond From the brow of an idol, the Hindu goddess Sita. Back in France in 1668, the French Sun King Bought the large, blue diamond According to legend, Tavernier was torn apart By wild dogs on a trip to Russia After he sold the jewel. The desecrater thoroughly desecrated What became of others whose lives it touched? Nicholas Fouquet, a French official, executed Princess de Lambale, beaten to death by a mob Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette beheaded. The Sultan Abdul Hamid of Turkey bought the stone Subsequently lost his throne His favourite Subaya wore the gem and was slain. Greek jeweller Simon Montharides was killed When he, his wife and child rode over a precipice. The grandson of Henry Thomas Hope (For whom the diamond is named) Died penniless. King George IV of England bought the malevolent jewel On his death, it was sold to pay off royal debts And how has the British Royal family fared since then? Does a curse continue down the generations? The Curse of the Black Orlov (the Eye of Brahma Diamond) Black Orlov was plucked From one of the eyes of a statue Brahma, God of the Cosmos, Worshipped in Pondicherry, Stolen from its Hindu setting By a Jesuit priest A diamond dealer ferried it to America, He jumped from a skyscraper in New York City. A Russian princess, Nadia Vygin-Orlov (After whom the diamond is named) Came to own it, inherited its curse She, too leapt to her death, Leaving the gem behind The diamond was bought by a jeweller Who cut it into three. Did he break the curse? A mortal, an unbeliever? Cursed because it was stolen from a god Cursed because it resembles a snake or spider's eyes. Three million years old, the child of a fallen meteorite It is sacred as Yama, Hindu God of Death Magnificent indeed. But would you buy it? Two Curses The Curse of the Hope Diamond Jean Baptiste Tavernier, a 17th century jeweller, Wandered the face of the earth In search for gems. He visited India Twisting a great, blue diamond From the brow of an idol, the Hindu goddess Sita. Back in France in 1668, the French Sun King Bought the large, blue diamond According to legend, Tavernier was torn apart By wild dogs on a trip to Russia After he sold the jewel. The desecrater thoroughly desecrated What became of others whose lives it touched? Nicholas Fouquet, a French official, executed Princess de Lambale, beaten to death by a mob Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette beheaded. The Sultan Abdul Hamid of Turkey bought the stone Subsequently lost his throne His favourite Subaya wore the gem and was slain. Greek jeweller Simon Montharides was killed When he, his wife and child rode over a precipice. The grandson of Henry Thomas Hope (For whom the diamond is named) Died penniless. King George IV of England bought the malevolent jewel On his death, it was sold to pay off royal debts And how has the British Royal family fared since then? Does a curse continue down the generations? The Curse of the Black Orlov (the Eye of Brahma Diamond) Black Orlov was plucked From one of the eyes of a statue Brahma, God of the Cosmos, Worshipped in Pondicherry, Stolen from its Hindu setting By a Jesuit priest A diamond dealer ferried it to America, He jumped from a skyscraper in New York City. A Russian princess, Nadia Vygin-Orlov (After whom the diamond is named) Came to own it, inherited its curse She, too leapt to her death, Leaving the gem behind The diamond was bought by a jeweller Who cut it into three. Did he break the curse? A mortal, an unbeliever? Cursed because it was stolen from a god Cursed because it resembles a snake or spider's eyes. Three million years old, the child of a fallen meteorite It is sacred as Yama, Hindu God of Death Magnificent indeed. But would you buy it?