IN THE FOREST

Portrait of Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde 1854–1900
15Charmides and Other Poems

IN THE FOREST

Out of the mid-wood's twilight Into the meadow's dawn, Ivory limbed and brown-eyed, Flashes my Faun!

He skips through the copses singing, And his shadow dances along, And I know not which I should follow, Shadow or song!

O Hunter, snare me his shadow! O Nightingale, catch me his strain! Else moonstruck with music and madness I track him in vain!

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  1. emma United Kingdom

    i hated this pome it was to indepth for me and was not to my tast at all if more out there i might have enjoyed it more

  2. Sara United States

    Oscar Wilde is in my opinion THE most amazing man ever

  3. Anonymous Australia ↩ replying to emma

    Retort

    Emma, if you read a little more, perhaps you could gain appreciation for Oscar Wilde, along with the ability to use the skill of spelling.

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