SONG
INVITING THE INFLUENCE OF A YOUNG LADYUPON THE OPENING YEAR
IYouwear the morning like your dressAnd are with mastery crowned;Whenas you walk your lovelinessGoes shining all around.Upon your secret, smiling waySuch new contents were found,The Dancing Loves made holidayOn that delightful ground.IIThen summon April forth, and sendCommandment through the flowers;About our woods your grace extendA queen of careless hours.For oh, not Vera veiled in rain,Nor Dian’s sacred Ring,With all her royal nymphs in trainCould so lead on the Spring.
IYouwear the morning like your dressAnd are with mastery crowned;Whenas you walk your lovelinessGoes shining all around.Upon your secret, smiling waySuch new contents were found,The Dancing Loves made holidayOn that delightful ground.IIThen summon April forth, and sendCommandment through the flowers;About our woods your grace extendA queen of careless hours.For oh, not Vera veiled in rain,Nor Dian’s sacred Ring,With all her royal nymphs in trainCould so lead on the Spring.
I
Youwear the morning like your dressAnd are with mastery crowned;Whenas you walk your lovelinessGoes shining all around.Upon your secret, smiling waySuch new contents were found,The Dancing Loves made holidayOn that delightful ground.
Youwear the morning like your dress
And are with mastery crowned;
Whenas you walk your loveliness
Goes shining all around.
Upon your secret, smiling way
Such new contents were found,
The Dancing Loves made holiday
On that delightful ground.
II
Then summon April forth, and sendCommandment through the flowers;About our woods your grace extendA queen of careless hours.For oh, not Vera veiled in rain,Nor Dian’s sacred Ring,With all her royal nymphs in trainCould so lead on the Spring.
Then summon April forth, and send
Commandment through the flowers;
About our woods your grace extend
A queen of careless hours.
For oh, not Vera veiled in rain,
Nor Dian’s sacred Ring,
With all her royal nymphs in train
Could so lead on the Spring.