She Who Dwelt Among the Sycamores + 

A Fancy + 

A little boy outside the sycamore wood + 

Saw on the wood’s edge gleam an ash-grey feather; + 

A kid, held by one soft white ear for tether, + 

Trotted beside him in a playful mood. + 

A little boy inside the sycamore wood + 

Followed a ringdove’s ash-grey gleam of feather. + 

Noon wrapt the trees in veils of violet weather, + 

And on tiptoe the winds a-whispering stood. + 

Deep in the woodland paused they, the six feet + 

Lapped in the lemon daffodils; a bee + 

In the long grass⁠—four eyes droop low⁠—a seat + 

Of moss, a maiden weaving. Singeth she: + 

“I am lone Lady Quietness, my sweet, + 

And on this loom I weave thy destiny.” + 