Mythology & Folklore

The Faery Forest

by Sara Teasdale 1884–1933

From Helen of Troy and Other Poems (1911)

Mythology & Folklore

The faery forest glimmered
Beneath an ivory moon,
The silver grasses shimmered
Against a faery tune.

Beneath the silken silence
The crystal branches slept,
And dreaming thro' the dew-fall
The cold white blossoms wept.

MLA

Teasdale, Sara. “The Faery Forest.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/teasdale/198/.

Chicago

Teasdale, Sara. “The Faery Forest.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/teasdale/198/.

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