I HAD withdrawn in forest, and my song Was swallowed up in leaves that blew alway; And to the forest edge you came one day (This was my dream) and looked and pondered long, But did not enter, though the wish was strong: You shook your pensive head as who should say, 'I dare not -- too far in his footsteps stray -- He must seek me would he undo the wrong. Not far, but near, I stood and saw it all Behind low boughs the trees let down outside; And the sweet pang it cost me not to call And tell you that I saw does still abide. But 'tis not true that thus I dwelt aloof, For the wood wakes, and you are here for proof. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ITALIAN PICTURES: THE COSTA SAN GIORGIO by MINA LOY WHY I AM A LIBERAL by ROBERT BROWNING MACGREGOR'S GATHERING by WALTER SCOTT ON CHLORIS WALKING IN THE SNOW by WILLIAM STRODE RECOMPENSE by JESSE M. BALL ALLEN BROTHER BENEDICT by ALFRED AUSTIN |