Living
Song VII
Translated by Jethro Bithell (1911) · From Contemporary Belgian Poetry (1911)
She had three diadems of gold,
To whom did she give them?
Does one unto her parents bring:
And they have bought three reeds of gold,
And kept it till the Spring.
Gives one unto her lovers all:
And they have bought three nets of silver,
And kept it till the Fall.
One she to her children brings:
And they have brought three iron rings,
And chained it up the Winter long.
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Maeterlinck, Maurice. “Song VII.” Translated by Jethro Bithell. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/maurice-maeterlinck/21/.
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Maeterlinck, Maurice. “Song VII.” Translated by Jethro Bithell. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/maurice-maeterlinck/21/.
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