Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HAUNTED, by ETHEL EVERETT


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First Line: Out of the heart of the woodland
Last Line: Bright spirits of nature ever are haunting me.
Subject(s): Ghosts; Supernatural


Out of the heart of the woodland,
Or shrinking close to a tree,
Bright spirits of nature ever are haunting me.

You, you think it is fancy,
Dreams all foolish and rare,
Oh, but their bodies are formed of essence of earth and air.

Lying still in the sunlight,
Still, heart to the ground,
Mind feeding on nature, color and form and sound,

Drowsy flowers are nodding
To insects' rhythmic hum,
Stealing close to me, friendly, the nature spirits come.

Full of the joy of the woodland,
Genii and human blent,
Strange mystic creation, gentle and innocent.

Close, close to the earth heart
The heart of me is laid,
Striving for understanding of that which shall never fade.

Come, come with your presence
None but my eye can see.
Bright spirits of nature ever are haunting me.





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