So delicate each leaf
So mighty your bough
Branches bend humbly
Yet strength be your vow
Waters in libation
Winds in embrace
Under your majesty
Beneath I in place
Seasons of change
Sun, moon a distant star
Listen I to all the secrets
Whispers near and far.
Rose Marie Raccioppi
So mighty your bough
Branches bend humbly
Yet strength be your vow
Waters in libation
Winds in embrace
Under your majesty
Beneath I in place
Seasons of change
Sun, moon a distant star
Listen I to all the secrets
Whispers near and far.
Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York
The Lady of Shalott, John William Waterhouse, oil painting, 1888, Tate Gallery, London.
"...Down she came and found a boat
Beneath a willow left afloat..."
The Lady of Shalott, 1833, poem, Alfred Lord Tennyson, 1809-1892.
The Lady of Shalott, John William Waterhouse, oil painting, 1888, Tate Gallery, London.
"...Down she came and found a boat
Beneath a willow left afloat..."
The Lady of Shalott, 1833, poem, Alfred Lord Tennyson, 1809-1892.
