Versos English Madison Julius Cawein I

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Hildegard the dæmons name Her, who meets me on the mountain: Her, whose hair is like the flame Of a sunset-fevered fountain: I can tell her by her eyes, Dreadful eyes of bitter beryl, Where the anguish never dies, And the suffering soul sits sterile In such light as ever lies On the unsailed seas of peril.