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REINE D'AMOUR by FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE

Poet Analysis

First Line: CLOSE AS THE STARS ALONG THE SKY
Last Line: AND TAKE HER FOR MY QUEEN.
Subject(s): LOVE;
CLOSE as the stars along the sky
The flowers were in the mead,
The purple heart, and golden eye,
And crimson-flaming weed: --
And each one sigh'd as I went by,
And touch'd my garment green,
And bade me wear her on my heart
And take her for my Queen Of Love, --
And take her for my Queen.

And one in virgin white was drest
With lowly gracious head;
And one unveil'd a burning breast
With Love's own ardor red:
All rainbow bright, with laughter light,
They flicker'd o'er the green,
Each whispering I should pluck her there
And take her as my Queen Of Love, --
And take her as my Queen.

But sudden at my feet look'd up
A little star-like thing,
Pure odor in pure perfect cup,
That made my bosom sing.
'Twas not for size, nor gorgeous dyes,
But her own self, I ween,
Her own sweet self, that bade me stoop
And take her for my Queen Of Love, --
And take her for my Queen.

Now all day long and every day
Her beauty on me grows,
And holds with stronger, sweeter sway
Than lily or than rose;
And this one star outshines by far
All in the meadow green; --
And so I wear her on my heart
And take her for my Queen Of Love, --
And take her for my Queen.



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