The elves peep through the ferny copse, The elves are all amazed to see The river set with a million drops Of pearl in liquid filigree. The water surface blinks in the sun Under the fairies' dizzy eyes, They can not see the river run, It seems so still in white surprise. The elves have crept forth after the rain; They'd caught a crystal from the river. There in the ferns they still remain And wonder at all the glitter and quiver. But we who stand above the ferns Can see the river running on And down and down until it turns And under the rainbow arch is gone. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DREAM LIFE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON CRITIC AND POET by EMMA LAZARUS ON A TUFT OF GRASS by EMMA LAZARUS SYMPHONIC STUDIES (AFTER ROBERT SCHUMANN) by EMMA LAZARUS A NEW HYMN by KATHERINE MANSFIELD DOMESDAY BOOK: THE VERDICT by EDGAR LEE MASTERS ESSAY: AT NIGHT THE AUTOPORTRAIT AT NIGHT by ELENI SIKELIANOS |