Padraic Colum Quote

With sapphire for her crown, And with the Libyan wine For lustre of her eyes; With azure for her feet (It is her henna stain); Then iris for her vest, Rose, ebony, and flame, She lives a thing enthralled, In forests that are old, As old as is the Moon.

Collected Poems - Bird of Paradise, Devin-Adair. 1953