Complete Works of Adelaide Crapsey by Adelaide Crapsey

Author:Adelaide Crapsey [Crapsey, Adelaide]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Poetry
ISBN: 9781913487034
Publisher: Delphi Classics
Published: 2019-12-19T05:00:00+00:00

Incantation.

O mia Luna! Porta mi fortuna!

(You must say it nine times, curtseying, and then wish.)

In rose-pale, fading blue of twilight sky,

See, the new moon’s thin crescent shining clear;

Nine times I’ll curtsey murmuring mystic words, —

And wish good fortune to our love, my dear.

Milking Time

Heard ye the maidens

Went through the meadows,

Early, O, early,

While yet the dew was

Wet on the grass?

Heard ye the milk-maids

Singing and singing?

“Cushy cow bonny let down your milk,

And I will give you a gown of silk,

A gown of silk and a silver tee,

If you will let down your milk to me.”

Hear ye the maidens,

Over the meadows,

Where the dew gathers,

Where shadows lengthen,

Hear ye the milk-maids’

Aery, hushed voices

Singing, ah, singing?

“Cushy cow bonny let down your milk,

And I will give you a gown of silk,

A gown of silk and a silver tee,

If you will let down your milk to me.”

Morning and evening,

In the green meadows

Hear ye the milk-maids

And their sweet singing?

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