PLAYS a child in a garden fair Where the demigods are walking; Playing unsuspected there As a bird within the air, Listens to their wondrous talking: "Would I knew -- would I knew What it is they say and do!" Stands a youth at city-gate, Sees the knights go forth together, Parleying, superb, elate, Pair by pair in princely state, Lance and shield and haughty feather: "Would I knew -- would I knew What it is they say and do!" Bends a man with trembling knees By a gulf of cloudy border; Deaf, he hears no voice from these Winged shades he dimly sees Passing by in solemn order: "Would I knew -- O would I knew What it is they say and do!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SLUG IN WOODS by EARL (EARLE) BIRNEY THE YARN OF THE 'NANCY BELL' by WILLIAM SCHWENCK GILBERT THE GRAVE OF A POETESS by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS EPILOGUE TO THE SATIRES: DIALOGUE 1 by ALEXANDER POPE THE DAY-DREAM: THE SLEEPING PALACE by ALFRED TENNYSON |