Gladys Edgerton

GOLD as the sun,

Bold as a boy,

Your wanton wings waken

The love you destroy,

Leaving within the heart of each flower

Longing for an impassioned hour.

Shade of the sea,

Maid of the sky,

Your azure wings beat on

My heart as you fly

Dreamily on in a happy trance,

Letting me wither with never a glance.

Rare as a pearl,

Fair as a nun,

Your white wings inspire

The love that you shun,

Rising from passion and glad desire

Into the sun’s heart higher and higher.

Flown from the world,

Blown like a breath,

You leave me earth-rooted

And wedded to death,

Wasting for lips I have never known,

Hoarding my fragrance for you alone!