Cry Of The Nymph To Eros

Hear thou my lamentatïon, Eros, Aphrodite's son! My heart is broken and my days are done.

Where the woods are dark and the stream runs clear in the dark, Eros! I prayed to thy mother and planted the seeds of her flowers, And smiled at the planting and wept at the planting. Oh, violets Ye are dead and your whiteness, your sweetness, availed not. Thy mother Is cruel. Her flowers lie dead at the steps of her altar, Eros! Eros!

With a shining like silver they cut through the blue of the sky Eros!

The dove's wings, the white doves I brought to thy mother in worship; And I said, she will laugh for joy of my doves. Oh, stillness Of dead wings. She laughed not nor looked. My doves are dead, Are dead at the steps of her altar. Thy mother is cruel Eros! Eros!

Hear thou my lamentatïon, Eros, Aphrodite's son! My heart is broken and my days are done.