Love
Song for "The Jacquerie" (May the maiden)
From The Poems of Sidney Lanier (1884)
May the maiden,
Violet-laden
Out of the violet sea,
Comes and hovers
Over lovers,
Over thee, Marie, and me,
Over me and thee.
Day the stately,
Sunken lately
Into the violet sea,
Backward hovers
Over lovers,
Over thee, Marie, and me,
Over me and thee.
Night the holy,
Sailing slowly
Over the violet sea,
Stars uncovers
Over lovers,
Stars for thee, Marie, and me,
Stars for me and thee.
Codex Note
One of three songs written for the unfinished poem The Jacquerie. Dated at the end of the poem: Macon, Georgia, 1868.
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MLA
Lanier, Sidney. “Song for "The Jacquerie" (May the maiden).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lanier/99/.
Chicago
Lanier, Sidney. “Song for "The Jacquerie" (May the maiden).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lanier/99/.
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