The Blue Bird (Custance)/Madrigal

by Olive Custance

For other versions of this work, see Madrigal (Custance).

MADRIGAL

Rare garden where my heart goes gathering
Many a lovely and delightful thing,
Pale roses of your body and the fair,
Unrivalled yellow blossom of your hair!

Tall lilies of your gay and careless grace,
And O the wistful flower of your face!
And all the soft and starry mysteries
Of those divine forget-me-nots, your eyes . . .

O come fair Love before the flowers fade
And bless this garden that the gods have made . . .
Rare garden where my heart goes gathering
Many a lovely and delightful thing . . .