ONE of my wishes is that those dark trees, So old and firm they scarcely show the breeze, Were not, as 'twere, the merest mask of gloom, But stretched away unto the edge of doom. I should not be withheld but that some day Into their vastness I should steal away, Fearless of ever finding open land, Or highway where the slow wheel pours the sand. I do not see why I should e'er turn back, Or those should not set forth upon my track To overtake me, who should miss me here And long to know if still I held them dear. They would not find me changed from him they knew -- Only more sure of all I thought was true. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOOKS AND EYES by KAREN SWENSON SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE: 6 by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING LOVERS HOW THEY COME AND PART by ROBERT HERRICK FIRST LOVE by JOHANNA AMBROSIUS PSALM 68 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE SEA BUTTERFLIES by DON BLANDING A MAN'S DEBT by FRED EMERSON BROOKS A VERSION OF THE OSSIAN'S ADDRESS TO THE SUN by GEORGE GORDON BYRON |