................................................................ 33 PRAYER TO PERSEPHONE ................................................................... ... home, Uptorn by desperate fingers long ago, Reluctant even as she, Undone Persephone, 30 Second April And even as she set out again to grow In twili... ...s loam). She will love well,” I said, “The flowers of the dead; Where dark Persephone the winter round, Uncomforted for home, uncomforted, Lacking a s... ... P O P O PERSEP ERSEP ERSEP ERSEP ERSEPHONE HONE HONE HONE HONE Be to her, Persephone, All the things I might not be; Take her head upon your knee. Sh... ...d free, She that had no need of me, Is a little lonely child Lost in Hell,—Persephone, Take her head upon your knee; Say to her, “My dear, my dear, It... ...17 As to some lovely temple, tenantless 41 Aye, but she? 29 B Be to her, Persephone, 34 Boys and girls that held her dear, 36 Butterflies are whit...

...ky splendour, like the Hadean brows, When with Elysian passion they behold Persephone’s complacent hueless cheeks. Soon gathering strength and lustre,... ...ye or loaded bee. Strain we the arms for Memory’s hours, We are the seized Persephone. Responsive never to the soft desire For one prized tune is this...