Tale of Archais

76 THE TALE OF ARCHAIS And kissed on either cheek by sun and rain. She trembled and began. The troop was fain To keep pure silence while her notes resound Over the forest and the marshy ground. ARCHAIS Green and gold the meadows lie In the sunset’s eye. Green and silver the woods glow When the sun is low, And the moon sails up like music on a sea of breathing snow. Chain and curse are passed away ; Love proclaims the day. Dawned his sunrise o’er the sea, Changing olive waves to be Founts of emerald and sapphire ; he is risen, we are free. Light and dark are wed together Into golden weather ; Sun and moon have kissed, and built Palaces star-gilt Whence a crystal stream of joy, love’s eternal wine, is spilt.