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O Golden Queen of life and joy!
....O Lily without blot or stain!
O Loved as only loves a boy!
....O Loved in vain! O Loved in vain!

Ah, what to thee is war or peace,
....Who holdest all the keys of life,
Though the white fleets of gold should cease,
....And the blue seas be vexed with strife!

Bring poppy flower and poppy root,
....And yellow-petaled mandragore,
Bring berries of that purple fruit
....When sleeps on Ocean's sleepless shore.

And when remorse and ruin come,
....And when the glad pulse of youth is low,
O Helen! Helen! mingle some
....Divine nepenthe for my woe.

Till o'er the flower-foamed fields of sea
....On violet wing night steals away,
And God's white fingers open wide
....The crimson lips of risen day.

(personally I like this whole piece but the icing on the cake is the last 2 lines. I love the visual and the words!!!!)