Part Four

lexi holden

When she sees four azure wings

Light upon her claw-like hand;

When she lifts her head and sings.

You shall hear and understand.

You shall hear a bugle calling,

Wildly, over the dew-dashed down,

And a sound as of the falling

Ramparts of a conquered town.

 

You shall hear a sound like thunder,

And a veil shall be withdrawn,

When her eyes grow wide with wonder,

On that hill-top, in that dawn.

Alfred Noyes, “A Spell for a Fairy”