Love
Down the forest-path I fled
From Underneath the Bough (1898)
Love
Down the forest-path I fled.
And followed a buzzing bee.
Till he clomb a foxglove red.
He filled full the nodding cup;
I stood and I laughed to see;
Then closed it and shut him up.
Till I laughed and set him free.
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Codex Note
The First Book of Songs
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MLA
Field, Michael. “Down the forest-path I fled.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/field_m/40/.
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Field, Michael. “Down the forest-path I fled.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/field_m/40/.
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