The Hundred Best Poems (lyrical) in the English language - second series/Song of Proserpine

by Percy Bysshe Shelley

For other versions of this work, see Song of Proserpine.

While Gathering Flowers on the Plain of Enna

I.

SACRED Goddess, Mother Earth,

⁠Thou from whose immortal bosom,
Gods, and men, and beasts have birth,
⁠Leaf and blade, and bud and blossom,
Breathe thine influence most divine
On thine own child, Proserpine.

II.

If with mists of evening dew

⁠Thou dost nourish these young flowers
Till they grow, in scent and hue,
⁠Fairest children of the hours,
Breathe thine influence most divine
On thine own child, Proserpine.