Maidens with bounden eyes <br />(O loose the scarves of gold!) – <br />Maidens with bounden eyes, <br />They sought their destinies. <br /> <br />At noon they opened wide <br />(O keep the scarves of gold!) <br />At noon they opened wide <br />The palace of the plain: <br /> <br />There they greeted life <br />(Bind close the scarves of gold!) <br />There they greeted life, <br />And turned them back again.<br /><br />Maurice Polydore-Marie-Bernard Maeterlinck<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/song-iv-5/
