Kathleen Raine (2)

LOVE SPELL

By the travelling wind
By the restless clouds
By the space of the sky,

By the foam of the surf
By the curve of the wave
By the flowing of the tide,

By the way of the sun,
By the dazzle of light
By the path across the sea,
.........Bring my lover.

By the way of the air,
By the hoodie crow's flight
By the eagle on the wind,

By the cormorant's cliff
By the seal's rock
By the raven's crag,

By the shells on the strand
By the ripples on the sand
By the brown sea-wrack,
.........Bring my lover.

By the mist and the rain
By the waterfall
By the running burn,

By the clear spring
By the holy well
And the fern by the pool
.........Bring my lover.

By the sheepwalks on the hills
By the rabbit's tracks
By the stones of the ford,
.........Bring my lover.

By the long shadow
By the evening light
By the midsummer sun
.........Bring my lover.

By the scent of the white rose
Of the bog myrtle
And the scent of the thyme
.........Bring my lover.

By the lark's song
By the blackbird's note
By the raven's croak
.........Bring my lover.

By the voices of the air
By the water's song
By the song of a woman
.........Bring my lover.

By the sticks burning on the hearth
By the candle's flame
By the fire in the blood
.........Bring my lover.

By the touch of hands
By the meeting of lips
By love's unrest
.........Bring my lover.

By the quiet of the night
By the whiteness of my breast
By the peace of sleep
.........Bring my lover.

By the blessing of the dark
By the beating of the heart
By my unborn child,
.........Bring my lover.

Kathleen Raine, Le royaume invisible, Orphée, La Différence.