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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ODELETTE (1), by HENRI FRANCOIS JOSEPH DE REGNIER Poet's Biography
First Line: A little reed is all I need
Last Line: To make the forest sing.
Subject(s): Reeds
First Line: A little reed is all I need
Last Line: To make the forest sing.
Subject(s): Reeds
A little reed is all I need
To stir the high grass
And the meadowside and the willows
And the brook's murmuring;
A little reed is all I need
To make the forest sing.
The sound swells out to all who pass,
Over their thoughts in the darkening.
Across the silence with the wind
Waning or high
Far or near
Those who pass musing still can hear
Within themselves can hear it ring
Still and forever sing.
A little reed is all I need—
Plucked at the spring
Where Love one day
Mirrored his face and wept—to sway
The tears of all who pass,
To ripple the water and stir the grass:
I bring
The breath of a reed
To make the forest sing.
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