SONGS OF COLOR
VII
SCARLET
CRIMSON
When dazzling passion cometh in his hour,
With naked sword of terror, unafraid,
He strikes the trampler of the wine of life;
And he who treadeth out the grape sinks down.
Across the walled city falls his scream,
His heart is stain'd as all his raiment is.
With naked sword of terror, unafraid,
He strikes the trampler of the wine of life;
And he who treadeth out the grape sinks down.
Across the walled city falls his scream,
His heart is stain'd as all his raiment is.
O heart split through and burnt as with a flame,
Undaunted, take the fire between thy hands
And fashion from thy torment diadems:
That thou, establish'd, may be cloth'd with strength,
Adorn'd with purple, crown'd with amethyst
And ruby, drink what thou hast gather'd and rejoice.
Undaunted, take the fire between thy hands
And fashion from thy torment diadems:
That thou, establish'd, may be cloth'd with strength,
Adorn'd with purple, crown'd with amethyst
And ruby, drink what thou hast gather'd and rejoice.
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