"We two," she said, "will seek the groves Where the lady Mary is, With her five handmaidens, whose names Are five sweet symphonies: Cecily, Gertrude, Magdalen, "Circle-wise sit they, with bound locks And bosoms covered; Into the fine cloth, white like flame, Weaving the golden thread, To fashion the birth-robes for them "He shall fear haply, and be dumb. Then I will lay my cheek To his, and tell about our love, Not once abash'd or weak: And the dear Mother will approve My pride, and let me speak. “Herself shall bring us, hand in hand, To their citherns and citoles. "There will I ask of Christ the Lord 108 114 120 126 As then we were,-being as then "Yea, verily; when he is come Till this my vigil seem quite strange We two will live at once, one life; She gazed, and listened, and then said, (I saw her smile.) But soon their flight The golden barriers, And laid her face between her hands, 1850. 132 130 144 Dante Gabriel Rossetti. 150 |