Love
Come to the Greenwood Tree
From Ballads - Love-Songs Made Easy
Come to the greenwood tree,
Come where the dark woods be,
Dearest, O come with me!
Let us rove--O my love--O my love!
Come--'tis the moonlight hour,
Dew is on leaf and flower,
Come to the linden bower,--
Let us rove--O my love--O my love!
Dark is the wood, and wide
Dangers, they say, betide;
But, at my Albert's side,
Nought I fear, O my love--O my love!
Welcome the greenwood tree,
Welcome the forest free,
Dearest, with thee, with thee,
Nought I fear, O my love--O my love!
Cite this poem
MLA
Thackeray, William Makepeace. “Come to the Greenwood Tree.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/thackeray/40/.
Chicago
Thackeray, William Makepeace. “Come to the Greenwood Tree.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/thackeray/40/.
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