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My lady in her white silk shawl
 Is like a lily dim,
Within the twilight of the room
 Enthroned and kind and prim.

My lady!  Pale gold is her hair.
 Until she smiles her face
Is pale with far Hellenic moods,
 With thoughts that find no place

In our harsh village of the West
 Wherein she lives of late,
She’s distant as far-hidden stars,
 And cold—(almost!)—as fate.

But when she smiles she’s here again
 Rosy with comrade-cheer,
A Puritan Bacchante made
 To laugh around the year.

The merry gentle moon herself,
 Heart-stirring too, like her,
Wakening wild and innocent love
 In every worshipper.