The autumn angel [quatern]

My graceful beauty crowned with leaves
Bestow my heart with joy and ease
And fold thy wings around my soul
When demons want to take control.

I pray to thee down on my knees,
My graceful beauty crowned with leaves,
Hear my whispers and answer me
With your sweet voice so gracefully.

Delicate your face painted fair
Surrounded by thy splendid hair,
My graceful beauty crowned with leaves
Fallen red and yellow down from trees.

Embrace me when cold raindrops fall
And save me from the spider’s crawl;
Shelter me from perils as these,
My graceful beauty crowned with leaves.

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A Quatern is a sixteen line French form composed of four quatrains. It is similar to the Kyrielle and the Retourne. It has a refrain that is in a different place in each quatrain. The first line of stanza one is the second line of stanza two, third line of stanza three, and fourth line of stanza four. A quatern has eight syllables per line. It does not have to be iambic or follow a set rhyme scheme.