Maidens with bounden eyes
(O loose the scarves of gold!) –
Maidens with bounden eyes,
They sought their destinies.
At noon they opened wide
(O keep the scarves of gold!)
At noon they opened wide
The palace of the plain:
There they greeted life
(Bind close the scarves of gold!)
There they greeted life,
And turned them back again.
Maurice Polydore-Marie-Bernard Maeterlinck
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