Cordelia's Song

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Cordelia's Song
by Vincent Starrett
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Column : Cordelia's Song (Poem from "The King in Yellow") Vincent Starrett


The moon shines whitely; I shall take

My silk umbrella, lest the moon

Too warmly fall upon the lake

And cause my bridal flowers to swoon.



The sparrow’s sorrow is in vain,

And so does he his bridge forget.

I wed the long grass and the rain,

And seven sailors dripping wet.


And shall not you and shall not I

Keep tryst beside this silent stream,

Who thought that we should rather die

Than wed the peacock’s amber dream?


The moon shines whitely; I shall take

My silk umbrella, lest the moon

Too coldly fall upon the lake

And chill my bridal flowers too soon.

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