Deanside Well Garden

Deanside Well Garden, George Street

Detail of Glasgow CoA carved in shallow relief on a (possibly granite) stone block. Two large salmon encircle the bird/tree/bell/fish motif, with their heads meeting at the top of the circle as they share the same ring

Detail of Glasgow CoA, Deanside Well garden

Detail of bird carved in shallow relief on a (possibly granite) stone block.

Text: "Bird / Here is the bird / that never flew" carved in shallow relief on a (possibly granite) cuboid stone block.

Detail of leaf carved in shallow relief on a (possibly granite) stone block.

Text: "Tree/ Here is the tree / that never grew" carved in shallow relief on a (possibly granite) cuboid stone block.

Detail of bell carved in shallow relief on a (possibly granite) stone block.

Text: "Bell / Here is the bell / that never rang" carved in shallow relief on a (possibly granite) cuboid stone block.

Detail of ring with rays of light emitting from it carved in shallow relief on a (possibly granite) stone block.

Text: "Fish / Here is the fish / that never swam" carved in shallow relief on a (possibly granite) cuboid stone block.

(possibly granite) rectangular stone block with CoA and text carved in shallow relief. Front facing surface has CoA and text: "Let Glasgow Flourish". Top surface text: "I am the god who created / in the head the fire" (https://allpoetry.com/poem/8611863-The-Mystery-by-Amergin-Glangel)

The lines of text on the final photo - "I am the god who created in the head the fire" - are from an ancient poem, 'The Mystery' by Amergin Glangel:

I am the wind which breathes upon the sea,
I am the wave of the ocean,
I am the murmur of the billows,
I am the ox of the seven combats,
I am the vulture upon the rocks,
I am the beam of the sun,
I am the fairest of plants,
I am the wild boar in valour,
I am a salmon in the water,
I am a lake in the plain,
I am a word of science,
I am the point of the lance of battle,
I am the God who created in the head the fire.
Who is it who throws light into the meeting on the mountain?
Who announces the ages of the moon?
Who teaches the place where couches the sun?
(If not I)

https://allpoetry.com/poem/8611863-The-Mystery-by-Amergin-Glangel