She Moves Thru The Fair - Eyeless In Gaza

My young love

said to me

fmy mother won’t mind

and

my father won’t slight you

for your lack of kind

and

she stepped away from me

and this she did say

'it will not be long, love

till

our wedding day'

She stepped away from me

and moved thru the fair

so fondly I watched her

move here

and move there

and then

she went homeward

with one star awake

as the swan in the evening

moves over the lake

The people were saying

no two 'ere were wed

but one had sorrow

that never was said

and I smiled

as she passed

with her goods

and her gear

and that was the last

that I saw

of my dear

Last night

she came to me

she stepped so softly in

that her feet made no din

and she laid her hand on me

and this she did say

'it will not be long, love

till

our wedding day…'