Chapter 68 - Paradelle 1 (1/2)

Beneath the Dripping Cypress Trees

By Sally Ann Roberts

'Tis the breeze beneath the cypress trees,

'Tis the breeze beneath the cypress trees,

Where shady branches bend and bow,

Where shady branches bend and bow.

Beneath the bend and branches breeze,

Where the cypress' bow 'ties shady trees.

Ink like stains of sap fold down,

Ink like stains of sap fold down,

Brown and dripping tears that keep,

Brown and dripping tears that keep.

Sap like ink and stains of brown,