BY a clear well, within a little field Full of green grass and flowers of every hue, Sat three young girls, relating (as I knew) Their loves. And each had twined a bough to shield Her lovely face; and the green leaves did yield The golden hair their shadow; while the two Sweet colors mingled, both blown lightly through With a soft wind for ever stirred and still'd. After a little while one of them said, (I heard her,) "Think! If, ere the next hour struck, Each of our lovers should come here to-day, Think you that we should fly or feel afraid?" To whom the others answered, "From such luck A girl would be a fool to run away." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PHILOSOPHER by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY THE SPELL OF THE YUKON by ROBERT WILLIAM SERVICE ASTROPHEL AND STELLA: 31 by PHILIP SIDNEY AT THE CARNIVAL by ANNE SPENCER THE CENTAURS by JAMES STEPHENS |