1899 · CLOSE READING
Tale of Archais
Tale of Archais (1899), PDF p. 90
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THE TALE OF ARCHAIS
Make fiends their shape dissemble.
Freedom forbids their tyrannous reign here,
Flee to their prison must they, nor deceive ;
Love had a lightning that shall strip them clear,
Truth through the curtain of the dark shall
reave.
Ye love, O happy ones and chaste,
Ye love, and light indwells your eyes ;
Truth is the girdle of your waist,
Ye play before the gates of pearl of
Paradise.
Happy lovers, dwell together
In the isles of golden weather,
Free of tyranny and tether,
Roam the world, linked hand in hand,
Moonlight for your sleep, and breezes
Fresh from where the Ocean freezes,
And the cold Aurora stands
With new lilies in her hands.
Happy lovers, twilight falls,
Let us leave you for a while,
Guarding all the golden walls
With the weapon of a smile.
Silver arrows from the maiden
With new labours laden
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