Louis Untermeyer, ed. (1885–1977). Modern British Poetry. 1920.
Arthur Symons18651945In the Wood of Finvara
I
Life is a dream in the night, a fear among fears,
A naked runner lost in a storm of spears.
I have grown tired of rapture and love’s desire;
Love is a flaming heart, and its flames aspire
Till they cloud the soul in the smoke of a windy fire.
Here between sea and sea, in the fairy wood,
I have found a delicate, wave-green solitude.
I have heard the song of a fairy bird in a tree,
And the peace that is not in the world has flown to me.