It was a spot so quiet that the stream
Was in itself a silence, and the wood
Slept as if Somnus in a dreary mood
Had wept down tears upon it from the beam
Of his sleep-wearied eyes; and far away,
Through a long vista of deep shade, was seen
A little spot of soft and brightest green,
Whereon the moonlight, sister to the day,
Was feasting. In such spot as this the wise
Might come and break the twining snake-like thralls
Of hydra’d error, or great Pan himself
Come forth and hear the shepherds sacrifice,
Or Oberon, sweet king of fairy elf,
Lead forth his queen in midnight festivals.
(Alexander Anderson)
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