In Full Flight Her Soul Departed

In Full Flight Her Soul Departed To free my heart of all that haunted me Told I, these my tidings. ... On a summer's dawn, Fresh from our orisons, we wandered forth To greet the waking of the meadow flowers And peer into the crystal pearls of dew That shrine the beauty of the world, when lo! Beside the cresses of a dark pool bending Whose voiceless depths of waters brings to light The dreams of brooding earth, I saw her face Folded in mystic rapture, set in glory Even as in the heart of sorrow nestles The seed of consolation, and beside her One stood in semblance of those two higher souls That bear annunciation, and they two In Heavenly colloquy abode, the while My spirit marveled, waiting in a region Where time was not. When suddenly a breeze Came like a wayward thought, and swiftly ran Across the shadowy waters, and the vision Was there no more; and when I turned to her None stood beside her, but she seemed as one That waketh from enchantment, and all day Her words did sound as echoes of old song From out a happier world, - and that same night In quiet sleep she died. Robert J. Lindley, 10-27-2015 Note- Here I present this as was written, in my old way, long ago abandoned but now attempting to rekindle that writing flame.. Based upon the death, decades ago, of a dear friend. (1) orison Syllabification: or·i·son Pronunciation: /'ôr?s?n/ /'ôr?z?n/ Definition of orison in English: noun archaic A prayer. EXAMPLE SENTENCES Origin Middle English: from Old French oreison, from Latin oratio(n-) 'speech' (see oration). (2) annunciation Definition of annunciation in English: noun (usually the Annunciation) 1. The announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to Mary (Luke 1:26-38). EXAMPLE SENTENCES 1.1The church festival commemorating this, held on March 25 (Lady Day). EXAMPLE SENTENCES 1.2 formal or , archaic The announcement of something: the annunciation of a set of rules applying to the relationships between states (3) colloquy col·lo·quy 'käl??kwe/ noun 1. formal a conversation. "they broke off their colloquy at once" 2. a gathering for discussion of theological questions.