Opals (Custance)/Villanelle

by Olive Custance

For works with similar titles, see Villanelle.

Villanelle

 

If Summer has her blossom land . . .
And all her pulsing press of green—
Winter brings Spring to sunset strand

Where mystic colours band on band
Commingle in a wildering screen!
If Summer has her blossom land—

So thickly close no flowers could stand
As these frail hues out-trailed serene! . . .
If Summer has her blossom land—
White snow brings Spring to sunset strand!