XLLILAC CHAINS
Let us make a necklace of the lilac flower—
The sun will not be setting yet for full an hour;
All that lilacs know of songs and stars and showers
Shall be surely threaded on this chain of ours.
The sun will not be setting yet for full an hour;
All that lilacs know of songs and stars and showers
Shall be surely threaded on this chain of ours.
Beads of white and purple—rose and amethyst—
Rains have dripped upon them, happy winds have kissed;
Slipping through our fingers on this silken string,
Sha'n't we catch the magic of the early spring?
Rains have dripped upon them, happy winds have kissed;
Slipping through our fingers on this silken string,
Sha'n't we catch the magic of the early spring?
Catch the bluebird's whistle and the robin's cheer,
Catch the trick of blooming with the blooming year,
Catch the frolic spirit of the winds that bring
Over miles of country hints of blossoming?
Catch the trick of blooming with the blooming year,
Catch the frolic spirit of the winds that bring
Over miles of country hints of blossoming?
Amber may be fragrant, so is sandal-wood,
But I wouldn't change them, even if I could:
Ah me! am I dreaming? Twenty years have passed
Since I strung a necklace of the lilacs last!
But I wouldn't change them, even if I could:
Ah me! am I dreaming? Twenty years have passed
Since I strung a necklace of the lilacs last!
XLISONG (3)
The very stars will rise and swing,
More radiant censors in the air,
No shadow fall on anything,
The red rose paint itself more fair,
So brief the hours, divine their sum,
When love is come, when love is come.
More radiant censors in the air,
No shadow fall on anything,
The red rose paint itself more fair,
So brief the hours, divine their sum,
When love is come, when love is come.
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