Needs
Silk I have for you, Madonna — you shook your small dear head —
" Silk I have and silk enough, a store of it, " you said,
Content I laid the web away; you lacked some cotton thread.
A cup I filled for you, Madonna, but other hands than mine,
More meet, had given you to know the magic of the vine.
I poured within my empty cup fresh water for the wine.
A song I made for you, Madonna — it was my very best —
But your heart had heard the melody that will not let us rest,
Yet your lips had need of laughter, so I sang it for a jest.
Love I had for you, Madonna, because I looked on you,
But long ago your love was gone to pay its happy due;
Love you had, and love enough, and yet your friends were few.
My days are sweet, Madonna — sweet to their farthest end.
You, rich beyond all telling, had need that I should send
Cotton threads and clear clean water and jesting and a friend.
" Silk I have and silk enough, a store of it, " you said,
Content I laid the web away; you lacked some cotton thread.
A cup I filled for you, Madonna, but other hands than mine,
More meet, had given you to know the magic of the vine.
I poured within my empty cup fresh water for the wine.
A song I made for you, Madonna — it was my very best —
But your heart had heard the melody that will not let us rest,
Yet your lips had need of laughter, so I sang it for a jest.
Love I had for you, Madonna, because I looked on you,
But long ago your love was gone to pay its happy due;
Love you had, and love enough, and yet your friends were few.
My days are sweet, Madonna — sweet to their farthest end.
You, rich beyond all telling, had need that I should send
Cotton threads and clear clean water and jesting and a friend.
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