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A Song of Enchantment

A song of Enchantment I sang me there,
In a green-green wood, by waters fair,
Just as the words came up to me
I sang it under the wild wood tree.

Widdershins turned I, singing it low,
Watching the wild birds come and go;
No cloud in the deep dark blue to be seen
Under the thick-thatched branches green.

Twilight came: silence came:
The planet of Evening's silver flame;
By darkening paths I wandered through
Thickets trembling with drops of dew.

But the music is lost and the words are gone
Of the song I sang as I sat alone,
Ages and ages have fallen on me -
On the wood and the pool and the elder tree.

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  • Eusebius
    July 29

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    Enchantment? Exactly! This poem is so enchanting, bewitching, full of spells and sorcery! It makes the reader sad with joy.... beautiful!

  • Eusebius
    April 21, 2006
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    Wonderful

    Pure enchantment!!


  • Ahkam Moderators member
    March 31, 2004
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    beauty

    "But the music is lost and the words are gone
    Of the song I sang as I sat alone,"
    This is a beautiful rhyme ___ recalls me such beautiful words by all times great Shakespeare " Under the greenwood tree"
    it's a beauty

  • philophant
    November 28, 2003
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    lost in a dream.....

    "The music is lost and the words are gone..." this guy must ov been a bit of a melodramatic melancholic - if there is such a thing. His poems are all lost Cause stuff. he's even a bit cookoo at times. Heehee. That's why I like him, actually. Blessed are those who don't scoff at this poem.