Autumn Goddess Charge
AUTUMN GODDESS CHARGE I am the waning moon The Goddess who is fading from the land In the Springtime I sought my Lord And mated with him beneath the trees and stars At Beltane I wed my Lord Beneath the first blossoms of the hawthorn tree And in the Summertime I ripened the apples in the orchards And the fruit grew round and strong At the corn harvest I cut down my Lord That by his death our people might be fed And now in the Autumn time I descend beneath the Earth To dwell with my Lord in his dark kingdom Until our child is born At the Winter Solstice I will bring forth the child And renew your hope And at Candlemas I myself will return To renew the land I leave you, but I return to you When you see my power fade And the leaves fall from the trees When snow obliterates like death All trace of me upon the Earth Then look for me in the Moon And in the heavens, you will see the soul of me Soaring still among the stars And in that darkest time When the Moon is covered by shadow And th...