Eliot, Samuel, 1821-1898 · Boston : [J. Wilson & Son, University Press] · leaf 149
his bow,For, save himself, no living thingWas by the silent haunted spring. The purple heath-bells, blooming fair,Their fragrance round did fling,As the hunter lay,At close of day,Down by the haunted spring.A lady fair, in robe of white,To greet the hunter came ;She kissed a cup with jewels… … In tlie fountain clear she stooped,And forth she drew a ring;And that loved knightHis faith did plightDown by the haunted spring. A FAIRYS SONG. 131 But since that day his chase did stray, The hunter neer was seen,And legends tell he now doth dwell Within the hills so green ; But still the…
Children's poetry
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