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TO PERSEPHONE by HAROLD VINAL

First Line: NO MORE YOU WEAVE, PERSEPHONE
Last Line: THEY SING OF YOU WHO DIED SO YOUNG.
Subject(s): PERSEPHONE; PROSERPINE; PROSERPINA;

No more you weave, Persephone,
Gowns the colors of the sea.

Your ivory fingers now are still
And your grave a grassy hill.

But everywhere songs are sung
They sing of you who died so young.

And lads and lassies passing by
Strew bergamot where you lie.

No more you weave, Persephone,
Gowns the colors of the sea.

Emerald, chrysoprase and blue,
That looked beautiful on you.

But everywhere songs are sung
They sing of you who died so young.



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