Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE FAIRY BRIDAL HYMN, by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY


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First Line: This is a song to the white-armed one
Last Line: When the rose-god drinks her soul at last.
Alternate Author Name(s): Lindsay, Vachel
Subject(s): Fairies; Elves


(This is the hymn to Eleanor, daughter of Mab
and a golden drone, sung by the Locust choir
when the fairy child marries her God, the yellow rose.)


This is a song to the white-armed one
Cold in the breast as the frost-wrapped Spring,
Whose feet are slow on the hills of life,
Whose round mouth rules by whispering.

This is a song to the white-armed one
Whose breast shall burn as a Summer field,
Whose wings shall rise to the doors of gold,
Whose poppy lips to the God shall yield.

This is a song to the white-armed one
When the closing rose shall bind her fast,
And a song of the song their blood shall sing,
When the Rose-God drinks her soul at last.








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