O dreamy, gloomy, friendly Trees, ''aI came along your narrow track To bring my gifts unto your knees ''aAnd gifts did you give back; For when I brought this heart that burns''" ''aThese thoughts that bitterly repine''" And laid them here among the ferns ''aAnd the hum of boughs divine, Ye, vastest breathers of the air, ''aShook down with slow and mighty poise Your coolness on the human care, ''aYour wonder on its toys, Your greenness on the heart's despair, ''aYour darkness on its noise. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ROBERT BRUCE'S ADDRESS TO HIS ARMY BEFORE BANNOCKBURN by ROBERT BURNS TO MARY by GEORGE GORDON BYRON A TERRE (BEING THE PHILOSOPHY OF MANY SOLDIERS) by WILFRED OWEN RETURN OF SPRING by PIERRE DE RONSARD SOLOMON SCHECHTER by ALTER ABELSON IF THE POETS HAD FEARED THE ADVERTISERS by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS |