The Chosen Bride
I cannot bring you
The stars and the moon,
But let me take you
To my island shores
And speak of them
In songs, quite my own;
Let me make you feel
The softness of moonlight,
Hear the music of
The muses in nightly
Conferences of the Universe;
Let me stretch your
Hand up into the skies,
Slip your slender
Finger into the stars
Set in a ring of gold
Smelt of Mars;
So, that in the court
Of Venus, the heaven’s pride,
You on the shores
Will rise and sigh, truly
As the chosen bride!

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