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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SANCTA SILVARUM, by LIONEL PIGOT JOHNSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Through the fresh woods there fleet
Last Line: These may be right.
Subject(s): Deer
First Line: Through the fresh woods there fleet
Last Line: These may be right.
Subject(s): Deer
III
THROUGH the fresh woods there fleet
Fawns, with bright eyes, light feet:
Bright eyes, and feet that spurn
The pure green fern.
Headed by leaping does,
The swift procession goes
Through thickets, over lawns:
Followed by fawns.
Over slopes, over glades,
Down dells and leafy shades,
Away the quick deer troop:
A wildwood group.
Under the forest airs,
A life of grace is theirs:
Courtly they look; they seem
Things of a dream.
Some say, but who can say:
That a charmed troop are they:
Once youths and maidens white!
These may be right.
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