Hymn to Proserpine
O Proserpine,
Queen of the flowers!
O Proserpine,
Crowned with the hours!
In the fields of nature,
The world is fair;
But a wilder beauty
Waits for thee there.

Author: Algernon Charles Swinburne
Title: Hymn to Proserpine.

  • Algernon Charles Swinburne