Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TELL ME FAIREST MAIDEN, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS


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TELL ME FAIREST MAIDEN, by                    
First Line: Once a little angel
Last Line: Through the gates above?
Subject(s): Angels; Babies; Love; Mothers; Infants


Once a little Angel,
Reaching for a star,
Fell from Heaven's portals
Through the gates ajar;
Down to earth descended
On the wings of love,
Guarded by God's Angels
Through the skies above.

Tell me, fairest maiden,
Wert thou borne that day
On the wings of Angels
Down the milky way
From the gates of Heaven—
Stars beneath, above—
Pillowed on the bosom
Of a mother's love?

Speak with eyes resplendent
Filled with Glory light,
With thy lips like roses
Fragrant with delight,
With cheeks soft as velvet
Warm beneath their blush,
With thy rippling laughter
Sweeter than the thrush!

Loveliest of maidens,
In the silent night
With God's Angels watching
Shouldst thou fade from sight,
Could I ever follow
On the wings of love,
Guided by His Angels
Through the gates above?





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