Oriel - The Autumns

Give me all your precious

Long-existing time

Slipping, slightly feverish

It’s not worth trying

Give me all your sleepless

Slow-enduring love

Condescending pressure

Presses from above

Listen to the shore

Caress our naked feet

I’ll love you evermore

Feel the ocean sands

At our ankles stealing

Dwelling, fever swelling

Under moonlight kneeling

Listen to the shore

Caress our naked feet

I’ll love you evermore

Deaw me to a slumber place

The semblance of a softer face

There we’ll find a hidden trace of hush

Veiled in winter’s sad embrace