Poems (Jackson)/Won
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EARIED at last and sad, I cried "Refuse"
Me what thou wilt, my queen! At thy dear feet
Henceforth I lie and sleep, and dream, and eat
Thy locusts and wild honey. Thou mayst choose,
Perhaps, that I the latchet of thy shoes
One day unfasten. Ever incomplete
Leave my desire, too bold, to see thy sweet,
Unveiled face; to know what words they use
Who serve around thy throne."
Lo! as I lay,
In such surrender, on that summer day,
And sought not, stirred not, came the radiant queen,
Sweeping me with her robe of leafy green,
And kissed me everywhere that kiss could go;
While all her royal train I longed to know,
The swallow leading, crowded up to teach
Me all the secrets of their song and speech.
For works with similar titles, see Won.
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EARIED at last and sad, I cried "Refuse"Me what thou wilt, my queen! At thy dear feet
Henceforth I lie and sleep, and dream, and eat
Thy locusts and wild honey. Thou mayst choose,
Perhaps, that I the latchet of thy shoes
One day unfasten. Ever incomplete
Leave my desire, too bold, to see thy sweet,
Unveiled face; to know what words they use
Who serve around thy throne."
Lo! as I lay,
In such surrender, on that summer day,
And sought not, stirred not, came the radiant queen,
Sweeping me with her robe of leafy green,
And kissed me everywhere that kiss could go;
While all her royal train I longed to know,
The swallow leading, crowded up to teach
Me all the secrets of their song and speech.