Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse. 1922.
The Green RiverAlfred Douglas (18701945)
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And like a running river, winds along
Into a leafy wood where is no throng
Of birds at noon-day, and no soft throats yield
Their music to the moon. The place is seal’d,
An unclaim’d sovereignty of voiceless song,
And all the unravish’d silences belong
To some sweet singer lost or unreveal’d.
Oh may I wake from this uneasy night
To find a voice of music manifold.
Let it be shape of sorrow with wan face,
Or Love that swoons on sleep, or else delight
That is as wide-eyed as a marigold.