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Elizabeth Santos
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-11-08

Posts 9269
Pennsylvania

0 posted 2001-06-23 07:19 AM

Little Lost Princess

A little lost princess was wandering through
Fields of white daisies and lavender blue
Tearfully searching for something she knew
Among yellow buttercups dotted with dew

A sweet lullaby interrupted her search
A dove cooed so softly to her from his perch
A white mourning dove on a white branch of birch
A tree with a dove near the small village church

The two entered slowly the old church of white
The princess knelt down in the dim chapel light
Please ,God, take me back to my castle tonight
For I am alone here and trembling with fright

The dove flew beside her and beckoned her on
He led her through forests, past speckled brown fawn
Through verdant green valleys, they traveled til dawn
A white dove who cooed and a princess who yawned

High up on a hill stood a castle of stone
Too tired was the princess to climb all alone
The dove spread her wings and in moments had flown
The little lost princess to the great castle home

Soldiers stand guard round the princess to keep
Silence and comfort to put her to sleep
The king sits beside her, as dawn’s shadows creep
And kisses the cheek of his little Bo-Peep

He closes the book now, for this is the time
To finish the fairy tale story of rhyme
From an old nearby chapel the vesper bells chime
And up to her castle the princess must climb

The soldiers are tall wooden posts of your bed
The castle’s a pillow of down for your head
The king is your Daddy who’s lovingly read
A tale of a princess for his sleepy head

The mourning doves greet you each day with a trill
And will coo you a melody perched on the sill
So sleep well, my princess, high up on a hill
May all that you wish for be granted at will
(Keep dreaming the dreams in the ink of a quill)

Elizabeth Santos

Sunshine

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Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

1 posted 2001-06-23 07:49 AM

Ah Lady Elizabeth, I shall keep this tucked away safe in my magical library to bring forth for my granddaughter's enjoyment....this is so very lovely....

but then, you always are!

Poet deVine

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-26

Posts 22612
Hurricane Alley

2 posted 2001-06-23 09:23 AM

What a beautiful story! I too am putting this one in my library!

Sven

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since 1999-11-23

Posts 14937
East Lansing, MI USA

3 posted 2001-06-23 10:19 AM

you know that you're always in my library. . . and is there any wonder why???

Superb. . .

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Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

4 posted 2001-06-23 10:43 AM

Elizabeth,
A lovely, lovely poem. Sy

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

5 posted 2001-06-23 10:49 AM

Elizabeth, my friend~
Absolute enchantment - fit for a princess~
And so I shall share it with one or two~

Thanks, sweet poetess.
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
noles1@totcon.com

OLIAS
Senior Member

since 2000-06-20

Posts 1090
Pearl city Iowa

6 posted 2001-06-23 10:49 AM

What a wonderful fairy tale, I enjoyed it very much Thank you.

Regards,
Olias.

Denise

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

7 posted 2001-06-23 11:45 AM

This is enchanting, Elizabeth! Perfection! I'd like to print this out for Nicole. May I? This is a real treasure, Elizabeth!

Interloper

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-06

Posts 8369
Deep in the heart

8 posted 2001-06-23 11:47 AM

What Denise said ... enchanting. Thoroughly enjoyable read

Fool, said my Muse to me, look in thy heart and write. Philip Sidney (1554-1586) Loving in Truth

Trillium

Member Patricius

since 2001-03-09

Posts 12098
Idaho, USA

9 posted 2001-06-23 01:29 PM

Elizabeth: This is truly a magical poem! I loved it.

Betty Lou Hebert

Temptress

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-06-15

Posts 7136
Mobile, AL

10 posted 2001-06-23 05:49 PM

*sigh* Beautiful. I don't know what else to say.

catalinamoon

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since 2000-06-03

Posts 9543
The Shores of Alone

11 posted 2001-06-23 10:08 PM

Elizabeth, even before I read the replies, I was thinking exactly as Sunshine said. This is the perfect story for my granddaughters. I can see this in a beautiful childrens book, with wonderful pictures to accompany.
Sandra

Honeybee
Member Ascendant

since 1999-12-26

Posts 5372
Ontario, CANADA

12 posted 2001-06-23 10:13 PM

What a precious tale! I, too, am saving this in my library

Take care,
Melissa~

Lone Wolf
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since 2000-03-16

Posts 5842
Lansing, MI USA

13 posted 2001-06-23 10:24 PM

Lovely tale you have woven here, Liz, as always.

All writing comes
by the grace of God.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

14 posted 2001-06-26 01:51 PM

Oh, I love this one! *S* And I won't even pretend I'm tucking it away to share with a youngun' (though I will do that if I get the chance *S*)... I'm saving this to enjoy over and over again myself! *S*

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