Think me not unkind and rude That I walk alone in grove and glen; I go to the god of the wood To fetch his word to men. Tax not my sloth that I Fold my arms beside the brook; Each cloud that floated in the sky Writes a letter in my book. Chide me not, laborious band, For the idle flowers I brought; Every aster in my hand Goes home loaded with a thought. There was never mystery But 'tis figured in the flowers; Was never secret history But birds tell it in the bowers. One harvest from thy field Homeward brought the oxen strong; A second crop thine acres yield, Which I gather in a song. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BEFORE THE FLOWERS OF FRIENDSHIP FADED FADED: 21 by GERTRUDE STEIN CLANCY OF THE MOUNTED POLICE by ROBERT WILLIAM SERVICE TO THE QUEEN by ALFRED TENNYSON EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 19. THE HEART, LOVE'S BUTT by PHILIP AYRES ON FILE by JOHN KENDRICK BANGS RESENTIENTS by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |