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All in green went my love riding


by E.E. Cummings

All in green went my love riding


on a great horse of gold


into the silver dawn.

four lean hounds crouched low and smiling


the merry deer ran before.

Fleeter be they than dappled dreams

the swift sweet deer


the red rare deer.

Four red roebuck at a white water


the cruel bugle sang before.

Horn at hip went my love riding


riding the echo down


into the silver dawn.

four lean hounds crouched low and smiling


the level meadows ran before.

Softer be they than slippered sleep


the lean lithe deer


the fleet flown deer.

Four fleet does at a gold valley


the famished arrow sang before.

Bow at belt went my love riding


riding the mountain down


into the silver dawn.

four lean hounds crouched low and smiling


the sheer peaks ran before.

Paler be they than daunting death


the sleek slim deer


the tall tense deer.

Four tall stags at the green mountain


the lucky hunter sang before.

All in green went my love riding


on a great horse of gold


into the silver dawn.

Four lean hounds crouched low and smiling


my heart fell dead before.
 

“All in green went my love riding” by E.E. Cummings. Public domain.

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