MARIGOLD
(Maddy Prior)

When the marigold no longer blooms,
When summer sun has turned to gloom,
See the forecast winter snow.
See the evergreen that lonely grows.
Move close to the fireplace.
Neglect the garden.
See the ground harden
At a ghostly pace.

The golden summer sun is silver now.
The fruit has fallen from the bough.
The season moves to chestnut time,
Toffee apples, treacle and mulled wine.
Quilts and furs and woolens gay
You wrap around you,
But the cold confounds you
On an autumn day.

Stout and strong the walls of home and hearth.
The curtains drawn against the draught.
The grain is reaped. The blade is mown.
Nights draw in to call the harvest home.
The quiet of a heart at rest
In peace abounded.
By love surrounded,
Here the home is blest.

Sung by Maddy Prior on "Year," 1993,
and by Steeleye Span on "Sails of Silver," 1980
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