True Love

Poem by Elizabeth Siddal, read by Valerie Meachum

The drawings are two versions of "The Woeful Victory" by Elizabeth Siddal.

The background image is adapted from "The Knight's Tomb" by Catherine Joll, licensed under Creative Commons. The original photograph is at http://www.flickr.com/photos/cathjoll/2534860204.

True Love
by Elizabeth Eleanor Siddal

Farewell, Earl Richard,
Tender and brave;
Kneeling I kiss
The dust from thy grave.

Pray for me, Richard,
Lying alone
With hands pleading earnestly,
All in white stone.

Soon must I leave thee
This sweet summer tide;
That other is waiting
To claim his pale bride.

Soon I'll return to thee
Hopeful and brave,
When the dead leaves
Blow over thy grave.

Then shall they find me
Close at thy head
Watching or fainting,
Sleeping or dead.

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