Poems (Cary)/Wurtha

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WURTHA.
Through the autumn's mists so red Shot the slim and golden stocksOf the ripe corn; Wurtha said, "Let us cut them for our flocks."
Answered I, "When morning leaves Her bright footprints on the sea,As I cut and bind the sheaves, Waurtha, thou shalt glean for me."
"Nay, the full moon shines so bright All along the vale below,I could count our flocks to-night; Haco, let us rise and go.For when bright the risen morn Leaves her footprints on the sea,Thou may'st cut and bind the corn, But I cannot glean for thee."
And as I my reed so light Blowing, sat, her fears to calm,Said she, "Haco, yesternight In my dream I missed a lamb ​And as down the misty vale Went I pining for the lost,Something shadowy and pale, Phantom-like, my pathway crossed,Saying, "In a chilly bed, Low and dark, but full of peace,For your coming, softly spread, Is the dead lamb's snowy fleece."
Passed the sweetest of all eves— Morn was breaking, for our flocks:"Let us go and bind to sheaves, All the slim and golden stocks;Wake, my Wurtha, wake"—but still Were her lips as still could be,And her folded hands too chill Ever more to glean for me.
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