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Poem by Ellis Parker Butler


The Wood Nymph


A glint of her hair or a flash of her shoulder —
  That is the most I can boast to have seen,
Then all is lost as the shadows enfold her,
  Forest glades making a screen of their green,
Could I cast off all the cares of tomorrow—  Could I forget all the fret of today
Then, my heart free from the burdens I borrow,
  Nature’s chaste spirit her face would display.



Ellis Parker Butler


Ellis Parker Butler's other poems:
  1. A Scotchman Whose Name Was Isbister
  2. To May
  3. The Rich Boy’s Christmas
  4. Djolan
  5. Night in the City


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