trinkie
27-Sep-06, 19:26
Myfanwy Among the Leaves
by Eleanor Farjeon.
Dying leaf and dead leaf,
Yellow leaf and red leaf
And white-backed beam,
Lay along the woodland road
As quiet as a dream.
Summer was over,
The year had lost her lover,
Spent with a grief
All along the woodland road
Leaf fell on leaf.
Then came a shuffling,
Such a happy ruffling
Of the dried sweet
Surf of leaves upon the road
Round a baby's feet.
Year-old leaf ran after
Three-year-old laughter,
Danced through the air
As she caught them from the road
And flung them anywhere.
Old leaf and cold leaf,
Brown leaf and gold leaf
And white-backed beam
Followed down the woodland road
Myfanwy in a dream.
by Eleanor Farjeon.
Dying leaf and dead leaf,
Yellow leaf and red leaf
And white-backed beam,
Lay along the woodland road
As quiet as a dream.
Summer was over,
The year had lost her lover,
Spent with a grief
All along the woodland road
Leaf fell on leaf.
Then came a shuffling,
Such a happy ruffling
Of the dried sweet
Surf of leaves upon the road
Round a baby's feet.
Year-old leaf ran after
Three-year-old laughter,
Danced through the air
As she caught them from the road
And flung them anywhere.
Old leaf and cold leaf,
Brown leaf and gold leaf
And white-backed beam
Followed down the woodland road
Myfanwy in a dream.