Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE HEART OF THE WOODS, by FLORENCE WILKINSON EVANS First Line: I like the leafy-murmuring solemn hush Last Line: Wild, labyrinthine, dim and fancy-haunted. Alternate Author Name(s): Wilkinson, Florence Subject(s): Forests; Wellesley College; Woods | ||||||||
I LIKE the leafy-murmuring solemn hush Of woods that wall me round with underbrush. Their intricate tapestry of twinkling green Glinted with sunlight, the gray trunks between, And the thick-woven carpet, chequered brown, Dead leaves from many an autumn, matted down; Remote from all things, sun and wind and sky, Far, far above my head the tree-tops sigh, And like the echo of a distant land I hear the great lake wash upon its strand. So maiden calm, so silent, serious, 'Tis someone's heart, in mood mysterious, The depths profoundest of an untouched heart From pain and passion very far apart, Untravelled and unknown, a land enchanted, Wild, labyrinthine, dim and fancy-haunted. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PRINCESS WAKES IN THE WOOD by RANDALL JARRELL CHAMBER MUSIC: 20 by JAMES JOYCE ADVICE TO A FOREST by MAXWELL BODENHEIM A SOUTH CAROLINA FOREST by AMY LOWELL JOY IN THE WOODS by CLAUDE MCKAY IN BLACKWATER WOODS by MARY OLIVER THE PLACE I WANT TO GET BACK TO by MARY OLIVER A MEMORIAL TABLET by FLORENCE WILKINSON EVANS BOYS AND GIRLS by FLORENCE WILKINSON EVANS BROADWAY REMEMBERS HER CHILDHOOD by FLORENCE WILKINSON EVANS |
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