Lie down and wait, anxious, exquisite maiden,
He does not come again, ever again, to woo.
He does not come again, ever again, to woo.
Nothing again will ever happen to you
Who are the source, the wealthy source of all being:
From you henceforth, come miracles and sermons.
Who are the source, the wealthy source of all being:
From you henceforth, come miracles and sermons.
Mary, the queer girl, in the summer meadow
Met someone. Was it man or shadow?
Met someone. Was it man or shadow?
Now Mary walks and broods, taking
Soft steps to a new aching.
Soft steps to a new aching.
The shy, the wild, was brought by a shadow, low
Into large quiet. Mary, queer girl, so
Startled, most delicate one, Mary
Forget the shadow love, the airy
Phantom, your sorrow.
Sunlight buzzes in
An arch over your head. Halos spin
A ring of dancing atoms, pure and warm.
And all invisible motes of being swarm
Around young wilful Mary raped
By a tall gay shadow, glory-shaped.
Into large quiet. Mary, queer girl, so
Startled, most delicate one, Mary
Forget the shadow love, the airy
Phantom, your sorrow.
Sunlight buzzes in
An arch over your head. Halos spin
A ring of dancing atoms, pure and warm.
And all invisible motes of being swarm
Around young wilful Mary raped
By a tall gay shadow, glory-shaped.
Greater than death has happened to Mary, more
Terrible things than birth. Heavy and lonely
Terrible things than birth. Heavy and lonely
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