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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FOR A FOREST WALKER, by WILLIAM ELLERY LEONARD Poet's Biography First Line: Quaff the mid-forest spring! Sink palms and knees Last Line: Seven times repeated on the crimson air! Subject(s): Forests; Springs (water); Woods | |||
QUAFF the mid-forest spring! Sink palms and knees In the deep moss and let the big rank ferns Strike on the flushed cheek and the fevered neck, And let thy hair, warmed in those sultry shades, Float, with the oozy twigs and yellow leaves, The near black water! O with pursèd lips Quaff till thou feelst it cool in heart and frame— Then up through pines and thickets to the light! Yonder the valley and the mountain lake! The sunset clouds are trembling in the waves, The wild deer drink among the windy rocks; And thou shalt call for joy aloud, and hear A mountain echo that will die away Seven times repeated on the crimson air! | 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 TOM MOONEY by WILLIAM ELLERY LEONARD TWO LIVES: CONCLUSION. INDIAN SUMMER by WILLIAM ELLERY LEONARD |
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