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Halls grew darker and somehow faded
Grates of windows drowned in black
Every knight, every beautiful lady  Knew the tiding: "The Queen's deadly sick
"And the king, very silent and frowned,

Three years she grew in sun and shower,
Then Nature said, "A lovelier
On earth was never sown;
This Child I to myself will take;

I grew
Foul weather, dreams, forebodings Were bearing me - a Ganymede - Away from earth; distress was growing Like wings - to spread, to hold, to lead
I grew
The veil of woven sunsets At dusk would cling to me and swell

Love is enough: it grew up without heeding In the days when ye knew not its name nor its measure, And its leaflets untrodden by the light feet of pleasure Had no boast of the blossom, no sign of the seeding, As the morning and evening passed over ...