The Fairy Bridal Hymn

[This is the hymn to Eleanor, daughter of Mab and a golden drone, sung by the Locust choir when the fairy child marries her God, the yellow rose]

This is a song to the white-armed one

Cold in the breast as the frost-wrapped Spring,

Whose feet are slow on the hills of life,

Whose round mouth rules by whispering.

This is a song to the white-armed one

Whose breast shall burn as a Summer field,

Whose wings shall rise to the doors of gold,

Whose poppy lips to the God shall yield.

This is a song to the white-armed one

When the closing rose shall bind her fast,

And a song of the song their blood shall sing,

When the Rose-God drinks her soul at last.