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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ENTANGLED, by MATHILDE BLIND Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: I stood as one enchanted Last Line: Fled down the mossy way. Alternate Author Name(s): Lake, Claude Subject(s): Forests; Birds; Voices; Fear; Escapes; Freedom; Woods; Fugitives; Liberty | |||
I STOOD as one enchanted, All in the forest deep: As one that wond'ring wanders, Dream-bound within his sleep. A thousand rustling footsteps Pattered upon the ground; A thousand whisp'ring voices Made the wide silence, sound. Some murmured deep and deeper, Like waves in solemn seas; Some breathed sweet and sweeter, Like elves on moon-lit leas. Tall ferns, washed down in sunlight, Beckoned with fingers green; Tall flowers nodded strangely, With white and glimm'ring sheen; They sighed, they sang so softly, They stretched their arms to me; My heart, it throbbed so wildly, In weird tumultuous glee. I staggered in the mosses, It seemed to drag me down Into the gleaming bushes; To fall, to sink, to drown. When lo! thro' scared foliage, A lovely bird did fly; And looked at me so knowing, With bright and curious eye; It broke out into warbles, And singing sped away; But I, like one awakened, Fled down the mossy way. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LOVE THE WILD SWAN by ROBINSON JEFFERS AFTER TENNYSON by AMBROSE BIERCE QUARTET IN F MAJOR by WILLIAM MEREDITH CROSS THAT LINE by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE EMANCIPATION by ELIZABETH ALEXANDER |
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