Poem: The Dole Of The King's Daughter (Breton)

Seven stars in the still water,

And seven in the sky;

上海龙凤shlf最新地址Seven sins on the King's daughter,

Deep in her soul to lie.

Red roses are at her feet,

上海龙凤shlf最新地址(Roses are red in her red-gold hair)

And O where her bosom and girdle meet

Red roses are hidden there.

上海龙凤shlf最新地址Fair is the knight who lieth slain

Amid the rush and reed,

See the lean fishes that are fain

上海龙凤shlf最新地址Upon dead men to feed.

Sweet is the page that lieth there,

上海龙凤shlf最新地址(Cloth of gold is goodly prey,)

See the black ravens in the air,

上海龙凤shlf最新地址Black, O black as the night are they.

What do they there so stark and dead?

(There is blood upon her hand)

Why are the lilies flecked with red?

(There is blood on the river sand.)

上海龙凤shlf最新地址There are two that ride from the south and east,

And two from the north and west,

上海龙凤shlf最新地址For the black raven a goodly feast,

For the King's daughter rest.

上海龙凤shlf最新地址There is one man who loves her true,

(Red, O red, is the stain of gore!)

上海龙凤shlf最新地址He hath duggen a grave by the darksome yew,

(One grave will do for four.)

No moon in the still heaven,

上海龙凤shlf最新地址In the black water none,

The sins on her soul are seven,

The sin upon his is one.