Nature

The Archer

by Douglas Ainslie 1865–1948

From The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse (1912)

Nature

The Archer, the Archer!
Though formless, alive;
His bow is of blossoms,
His arrows but five.
So mobile the mask and
So formless his mind:
How then can he harm me,

The Archer that 's blind?
But the pain that I suffer
All doubting removes,
And the truth of this nonsense
'Tis loving that proves.

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