All summer long she touched me
She gathered in my soul
From many a thorn, from many thickets

Her fingers, like a weaver's
Quick and cool
And the light came from her body

And the night went through her grace
All summer long she touched me
And I knew her, I knew her

Face to face

And her dress was blue and silver

And her words were few and small
She is the vessel of the whole wide world
Mistress, oh mistress, of us all


Dearly dead; Queen of Solitude
I thank you with my heart

for keeping me so close to thee
while so many, oh so many, stood apart


And the light came from her body
And the night went through her grace
All summer long she touched me

I knew her, I knew her
Face to face