Duchess: That long, still-sweetening memory — as my army defined
Itself and gathered round me mottled and sieve-
Like as a mackerel sky, I took you to my castle, mine;
I led you... my archers woman the walls, my slaves
The elves sing, as you touch the folds of my skin...; oh,
All this I remember now like yesterday...
Moonlight: I loved you, when I first saw you through the bowed
Branches as you slept and I thought, "just to lay
Alongside you!" I loved the way your skin scent,
Like ferns in the summer forest, soothed my shrill
Voices shouting, "Homeward, I'm coming"; so I went,
I go, among night skies looking for the will
To stop, rest; I felt that in your arms...
Duchess: So come, love, come, and let me kiss away your storms...