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 bandCommingle in a wildering screen!If Summer has her blossom land—

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