DEEP in the woods we walked at break of day, And just beyond a whispering avenue, Where all the flowers were nodding, full of dew, We heard a sound of speaking far away; And turning saw a pale calm queen assay To tell that Love was cruel and untrue, To knots of girls in white robes and in blue, Who round her feet, while listening, lounged and lay, Deep in the woods. But we two crushed the moss with silent feet, And passed aside unseen; for what to us, Who knew Love's breath, and fanned its passionate heat, And laughed to hear our hearts' twin pulses beat, Were tuneless songs of maidens murmuring thus, Deep in the woods? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE DEFILED SANCTUARY by WILLIAM BLAKE THE FOUNTAIN by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL THE CITY IN THE SEA by EDGAR ALLAN POE A SONG OF LABOUR; DEDICATED TO MY FELLOW-WORKERS WITH PICK AND SHOVEL by ALEXANDER ANDERSON I WOULD NOT HAVE IT SO by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE AN ASSURANCE by NICHOLAS BRETON |