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Thus unto winter__ chill embrace I turnWho once the summer__ sun did blithely bide __eath solemn visage cold and fair and sternIn her cool breast my hot heart to confide.Denied the warmth and wit of summer__ sun Or springtime__ strength, and bright, melodious song I dreamed not to complete what I__ begun Nor dared to haste the laggard hours along.But now with spring and summer sun at rest Laid bare before bright winter__ pale charms I would for love of her lay down my quest And take my ease in Winter-Lady__ arms.Before her beauty fair __eath snow-swept sky All other seasons blanch and fade, and die.- The Lost Knight's Lament, "Winter's Lady" (Forthcoming)
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Thus unto winter__ chill embrace I turnWho once the summer__ sun did blithely bide __eath solemn visage cold and fair and sternIn her cool breast my hot heart to confide.Denied the warmth and wit of summer__ sun Or springtime__ strength, and bright, melodious song I dreamed not to complete what I__ begun Nor dared to haste the laggard hours along.But now with spring and summer sun at rest Laid bare before bright winter__ pale charms I would for love of her lay down my quest And take my ease in Winter-Lady__ arms.Before her beauty fair __eath snow-swept sky All other seasons blanch and fade, and die.- The Lost Knight's Lament, "Winter's Lady" (Forthcoming)

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