Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WATCHER IN THE WOOD, by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER Poet's Biography First Line: Deep in the wood's recesses cool Last Line: My lord and lady side by side. Alternate Author Name(s): Sigerson, Dora; Shorter, Mrs. Clement Subject(s): Forests; Woods | ||||||||
DEEP in the wood's recesses cool I see the fairy dancers glide, In cloth of gold, in gown of green, My lord and lady side by side. But who has hung from leaf to leaf, From flower to flower, a silken twine -- A cloud of grey that holds the dew In globes of clear enchanted wine? Or stretches far from branch to branch, From thorn to thorn, in diamond rain, Who caught the cup of crystal pure And hung so fair the shining chain? 'Tis death, the spider, in his net, Who lures the dancers as they glide, In cloth of gold, in gown of green, My lord and lady side by side. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PRINCESS WAKES IN THE WOOD by RANDALL JARRELL CHAMBER MUSIC: 20 by JAMES JOYCE ADVICE TO A FOREST by MAXWELL BODENHEIM A SOUTH CAROLINA FOREST by AMY LOWELL JOY IN THE WOODS by CLAUDE MCKAY IN BLACKWATER WOODS by MARY OLIVER THE PLACE I WANT TO GET BACK TO by MARY OLIVER THE WIND ON THE HILLS by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER |
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