Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE OLD FOOL IN THE WOOD, by ALFRED NOYES


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First Line: If I could whisper you all I know
Last Line: "that's what you'd say."
Subject(s): Eyes; Fools; Forests; Grief; Hearts; Idiots; Woods; Sorrow; Sadness


"IF I could whisper you all I know,"
Said the Old Fool in the Wood,
"You'd never say that green leaves grow.
You'd say, 'Ah, what a happy mood
The Master must be in today,
To think such thoughts,'
That's what you'd say.

"If I could whisper you all I've heard,"
Said the Old Fool in the fern,
"You'd never say the song of a bird.
You'd say, 'I'll listen, and p'raps I'll learn
One word of His joy as He passed this way,
One syllable more,'
That's what you'd say."

"If I could tell you all the rest,"
Said the Old Fool under the skies,
"You'd hug your griefs against your breast
And whisper with love-lit eyes,
'I am one with the sorrow that made the may,
And the pulse of His heart,'
That's what you'd say."





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