THE camp-fire smoulders and will not burn, And a sulky smoke from the blackened logs Lazily swirls through the dank wood caves; And the laden leaves with a quick relief Let fall their loads, as the pool beyond Leaps 'neath the thin gray lash of the rain, And is builded thick with silver bells. But I lie on my back in vague despair, Trying it over thrice and again, To see if my words will say the thing. But the sodden moss, and the wet black wood, And the shining curves of the dancing leaves, The drip and drop, and tumble and patter, The humming roar in the sturdy pines, Alas, shall there no man paint or tell. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE TRIUMPHS OF OWEN: A FRAGMENT by THOMAS GRAY ODE ON INDOLENCE by JOHN KEATS THE FEMALE CONVICT by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON THE RUBAIYAT, 1889 EDITION: 19 by OMAR KHAYYAM THE VISITOR by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |