Now Sleeps The Crimson Petal Lyrics - Mychael Danna

Now sleeps the crimson petal, now the white 

Nor waves the cypress in the palace walk 

Nor winks the gold fin in the porphyry font 

The firefly wakens, waken thou with me 

Now droops the milkwhite peacock like a ghost 

And like a ghost she glimmers on to me 

Now lies the Earth all Danae to the stars 

And all thy heart lies open unto me 

Now slides the silent meteor on 

And leaves a shining furrow 

As thy thoughts in me 

Now folds the lily all her sweetness up 

And slips into the bosom of the lake 

So fold thyself, my dearest, thou, and slip 

Into my bosom and be lost in me