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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SATYR, by JAMES STEPHENS Poet's Biography
First Line: There came a satyr creeping through the wood
Last Line: And disappeared among the greenery!
Variant Title(s): The Crackling Twig
Subject(s): Forests; Woods
First Line: There came a satyr creeping through the wood
Last Line: And disappeared among the greenery!
Variant Title(s): The Crackling Twig
Subject(s): Forests; Woods
There came a satyr creeping through the wood,
His hair fell on his breast, his legs were slim:
His eyes were dancing wickedly, he stood,
He peeped about on every side of him.
He danced! He peeped! But, at a sound I made,
A crackling twig, he turned; and, suddenly,
In three great jumps, he bounded to the shade,
And disappeared among the greenery!
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