In the forest tall and black
Where none can see.
I shall put no flowers at his head,
Nor stone at his feet,
For the mouth I loved so much
Was bittersweet.
I shall go no more to his grave,
For the woods are cold.
I shall gather as much of joy
As my hands can hold.
I shall stay all day in the sun
Where the wide winds blow,
But oh, I shall weep at night
When none will know.
Dawn had taken in the starsAnd left the faint white moon.O white moon, you are lonely,It is the same with me,But we have the world to roam over,Only the lonely are free.
But why does it anger my heart to long soFor one man out of the world of men?Oh I would live in myself onlyAnd build my life lightly and still as a dream —Are not my thoughts clearer than your thoughtsAnd colored like stones in a running stream?Now the slow moon brightens in heaven,The stars…
Strange to have crossed the crest and not to know,But the brambles were always grabbing at the hem of my gown.All the morning I thought how proud I should beTo stand there straight as a queen,Wrapped in the wind and the sun with the world under me–But the air was dull, there was little I…
Let it be forgotten forever and ever,Time is a kind friend, he will make us old.If any one asks, say it was forgottenLong and long ago,As a flower, as a fire, as a hushed footfallIn a long forgotten snow.
Scattering jewels on the fenceAnd the pasture bars;As dawn leaves the dry grass brightAnd the tangled weedsBearing a rainbow gemOn each of their seeds;So has your love, my lover,Fresh as the dawn,Made me a shining roadTo travel on,Set every common sightOf tree or stoneDelicately alightFor me alone.
The wind goes shivering with coldAmong the rushes dry.Our love is dying like the grass,And we who kissed grow coldly kind,Half glad to see our poor love passLike leaves along the wind.
