Nature

The Frozen Stream

by Richard Le Gallienne 1866–1947

From A Jongleur Strayed (1922)

Nature

Stream that leapt and danced
Down the rocky ledges,
All the summer long,
Past the flowered sedges,
Under the green rafters,
With their leafy laughters,
Murmuring your song:
Strangely still and tranced,
All your singing ended,
Wizardly suspended,
Icily adream;
When the new buds thicken,
Can this crystal quicken,
Now so strangely sleeping,
Once more go a-leaping
Down the rocky ledges,
All the summer long,
Murmuring its song?

MLA

Gallienne, Richard Le. “The Frozen Stream.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/legallienne/218/.

Chicago

Gallienne, Richard Le. “The Frozen Stream.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/legallienne/218/.

Read this poem with the Codex →

More by Richard Le Gallienne