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THE HEART OF THE WOODS by FLORENCE WILKINSON EVANS

First Line: I LIKE THE LEAFY-MURMURING SOLEMN HUSH
Last Line: WILD, LABYRINTHINE, DIM AND FANCY-HAUNTED.
Subject(s): FORESTS; WELLESLEY COLLEGE; WOODS;
I LIKE the leafy-murmuring solemn hush
Of woods that wall me round with underbrush.

Their intricate tapestry of twinkling green
Glinted with sunlight, the gray trunks between,

And the thick-woven carpet, chequered brown,
Dead leaves from many an autumn, matted down;

Remote from all things, sun and wind and sky,
Far, far above my head the tree-tops sigh,

And like the echo of a distant land
I hear the great lake wash upon its strand.

So maiden calm, so silent, serious,
'Tis someone's heart, in mood mysterious,

The depths profoundest of an untouched heart
From pain and passion very far apart,

Untravelled and unknown, a land enchanted,
Wild, labyrinthine, dim and fancy-haunted.



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