Kore, O Kore, where art thou fled, Now that the spring blows white in the land? Shake out the honeyed locks o’ thine head; Plunder the lilies that lie to thine hand, Glistering saffron loved of the bees Murmuring in them, till shadows grow long With dew-dropping silence under the trees, Ere break the voluptuous thrillings of song From the brown-throated sweet harbourers there Raptured and grieving under the stars.... |