<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_55" id="Page_55">[Pg 55]</SPAN></span></p>
<h3>XX</h3>
<h3><i>Persephone</i></h3>
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<span class="i0">Persephone, Persephone—her sweet face wanders up to me,<br/></span>
<span class="i2">Through this bewildering maze of spring.<br/></span>
<span class="i4">At length she daunts the tyrannous year,<br/></span>
<span class="i4">Her little laugh usurps the tear,<br/></span>
<span class="i2">Her little song she dares to fling<br/></span>
<span class="i0">Against the black stars, merrily.<br/></span></div>
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<span class="i0">Persephone, Persephone—her hands lean through the spring to me.<br/></span>
<span class="i2">Sweet, could I show you in what wise<br/></span>
<span class="i4">Your song has blossomed—how the air<br/></span>
<span class="i4">Is mad with gold because your hair,<br/></span>
<span class="i2">Tossed golden ’neath your sea-blue eyes,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">And earth goes laughing with your glee?<br/></span></div>
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<span class="i0">Persephone, Persephone, this hour sends out your heart to me.<br/></span>
<span class="i2">Child of the Dark, with soul sun-bright,<br/></span>
<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_56" id="Page_56">[Pg 56]</SPAN></span><span class="i4">Ah, give me largesse, give me May,<br/></span>
<span class="i4">So shall I charm the saddest day,<br/></span>
<span class="i2">And life—one amber dawn’s delight—<br/></span>
<span class="i0">Shall bear your song eternally.<br/></span></div>
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