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CELESTE: 4. FETE CHAMPETRE by ARTHUR WILLIAM SYMONS

Poet Analysis

First Line: UNDER THE SHADOW OF THE TREES
Last Line: WITH WHAT STRONG BONDS THEY BOUND US FAST!

Under the shadow of the trees
We sat together, you and I;
Our hearts were sweetly ill at ease
Under the shadow of the trees.

In the green circle of the grass
We saw the fairies passing by;
The wake, the fairy wake it was
Upon the circle of green grass.

And softly with their fairy chain
They wove a circle round about,
And round our hearts; ah, not in vain
They bound us with their fairy chain!

With shadowy bonds they bound us fast,
They wove their circle in and out;
Ah, Celeste, when the fairies passed,
With what strong bonds they bound us fast!



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