Finnish Bride-Song
Nora Hopper Chesson
1871 to 1906
Boughs of myrtle here I bring:
Folds of pall and vair,
Silver cord and silken string
And an idle song to sing
Flaxen-Hair!
Shall I give you honesty
Or lad's love to wear?
Or a wreath less fair to see —
Juniper and rosemary,
Flaxen-Hair?
Rosemary, lest you forget
What was lief and fair:
Lad's love sweet thro' fear and fret,
Lad's love, green and living yet,
Flaxen-Hair!
Nora Hopper Chesson's Finnish Bride-Song
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