HASTE, maiden, haste! the spray has come to budding, The dawn creeps o'er the heavens gold and fair. Come, see the bud ere breaking, the languid day awaking. "A moment, Time, until I bind my hair." Come, maiden, come! the bud has burst to blossom, The sun has kissed the earth and found it sweet. Come, lest you lose, adorning, the beauty of the morning. "A moment, Time, a moment, till I eat." Come, maiden, come! ripe fruits are on the branches, The evening star is glowing in the blue; The breeze's breath grows colder. Come ere the day is older! "A moment till I sip—I'm then with you.' Quick, maiden, quick! Death's hand has stripped the leafing; Night frees her clouding hair from bonds that keep. Quick! lest you're lost for ever, in the gloom to find me never. "A moment, Time, a moment, till I sleep." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TWO TREES IN KATHMANDU by KAREN SWENSON PELTERS OF PYRAMIDS by RICHARD HENGIST (HENRY) HORNE AUTHOR TO HIS CHILD by FRANCES AIRTH PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 7. AL-MAUMIN by EDWIN ARNOLD EPIGRAM by DECIMUS MAGNUS AUSONIUS THE WANDERING JEW by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN OPEN MY EYES by ALICE E. BAILEY |