I. GOD give you joy, I said,—and joy you had. But how the the dancing tired Your subtile feet!—and from the pageant glad Your eyes most uninspired Wearily turned toward the wistful West:— So now, God give you rest. II. God give you love, I said,—and love's delight Deep-dyed your purple eyes:— But now, vague Soul, that wanderest careless quite Of where the censers rise, With listless lips and hands, and flaming breast,— I pray, God give you rest. III. God give you rest, my queen. No earthly flowers Upon that golden hair Can lightly lie, no low love-song of ours But tires you to despair. God crown you softly with His lilies blest, O Sweet, God give you rest! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LOVER IN HELL by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET CAPPER KAPLINSKI AT THE NORTH SIDE CUE CLUB by HAYDEN CARRUTH THE SMALLISH SON by HAYDEN CARRUTH FAITH by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON PLEDGE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON SONNET TO THOSE WHO SEE BUT DARKLY by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON WHEN I RISE UP by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON |