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I'VE BEEN WANDERING IN THE GREENWOODS, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
Alternate Author Name(s): Bell, Ellis


I'VE been wandering in the greenwoods,
And 'mid flowering , smiling plains;
I've been listening to the dark floods,
To the thrush's thrilling strains..


I have gathered the pale primrose,
And the purple violet sweet;
I've been where the asphodel grows,
And where lives the red deer fleet.


I've been to the distant mountain,
To the silver singing rill,
By the crystal murm'ring fountain,
And the shady, verdant hill.


I've been where the poplar is springing
From the fair enamelled ground,
While the nightingale is singing
With a solemn, plaintive sound.






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