The Hundred Best Poems (lyrical) in the English language - second series/Song of Proserpine
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SACRED Goddess, Mother Earth,
If with mists of evening dew
65.
Song of Proserpine,
While Gathering Flowers on the Plain of Enna
I.
Thou from whose immortal bosom,
Gods, and men, and beasts have birth,
Leaf and blade, and bud and blossom,
Breathe thine influence most divine
On thine own child, Proserpine.
II.
Thou dost nourish these young flowers
Till they grow, in scent and hue,
Fairest children of the hours,
Breathe thine influence most divine
On thine own child, Proserpine.