Mystic Trees by Michael Field [i.e. K. H. Bradley and E. E. Cooper] |
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ANNUNCIATION SILENCE
Lo, the wind that blows as it doth list:
Lo, the flame that thriddeth the abyss!
Mary now hath bound her will:
In the house she keepeth still:
And she meeteth Joseph's kiss.
Lo, the flame that thriddeth the abyss!
Mary now hath bound her will:
In the house she keepeth still:
And she meeteth Joseph's kiss.
Very lovely as a moon in mist
She appeareth in her place.
Something in her heart doth lack,
For she doth not kiss him back—
Weeps a little in his face.
She appeareth in her place.
Something in her heart doth lack,
For she doth not kiss him back—
Weeps a little in his face.
Now from lover's hope he doth desist;
For she groweth to him terrible
As an army clad in banners,
With those pitiful, lone manners:
And he guards a dream he may not tell.
For she groweth to him terrible
As an army clad in banners,
With those pitiful, lone manners:
And he guards a dream he may not tell.
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