Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal (Custer LaRue)

Now sleeps the crimson petal, now the white

Nor waves the cypress in the palace walk

Nor winks the gold fin in the porphyry font

The firefly wakens, waken thou with meNow droops the milkwhite peacock like a ghost

And like a ghost she glimmers on to me

Now lies the Earth all Danae to the stars

And all thy heart lies open unto meNow slides the silent meteor on

And leaves a shining furrow

As thy thoughts in meNow folds the lily all her sweetness up

And slips into the bosom of the lake

So fold thyself, my dearest, thou, and slip

Into my bosom and be lost in me

Songwriters

Alfred, Lord TennysonPublished by

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