 | Ballads and Lyrics by Katharine Tynan |  |
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GOLDEN LILIES.
O Daffodils all aflame,
I know from whence ye came
To warm March with your blaze!
As Gabriel went a-winging
Through flowering country ways,
He heard your trumpets ringing.
I know from whence ye came
To warm March with your blaze!
As Gabriel went a-winging
Through flowering country ways,
He heard your trumpets ringing.
God's Paradise this was,
With a city of rainbow glass,
The River of Life there flows,
The Tree of Life there blooming
Hath many a name that glows
Like flower and fruit illuming.
With a city of rainbow glass,
The River of Life there flows,
The Tree of Life there blooming
Hath many a name that glows
Like flower and fruit illuming.
But Gabriel going down,
With a gold gown and crown,
Was grave as him bestead;
Great tidings he was bringing,
To raise the earth from dead,
And set the heaven to singing.
With a gold gown and crown,
Was grave as him bestead;
Great tidings he was bringing,
To raise the earth from dead,
And set the heaven to singing.
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“Oh, young,” he said, “is she,
God's Maid and Queen, Marie;”
He said, “I will bring down
These golden trumpets blowing,
And lay them on her gown,
To glad her with their showing.”
God's Maid and Queen, Marie;”
He said, “I will bring down
These golden trumpets blowing,
And lay them on her gown,
To glad her with their showing.”
Queen Marie in her bower
Had a white lily in flower,
And Gabriel brought the gold,
The gold lily that ever
Blowing his trumpet bold,
Declares her praise for ever.
Had a white lily in flower,
And Gabriel brought the gold,
The gold lily that ever
Blowing his trumpet bold,
Declares her praise for ever.
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