Poems (Millay)/Doubt no more that Oberon
Doubt no more that Qberon
Doubt no more that Oberon—Never doubt that PanLived, and played a reed, and ranAfter nymphs in a dark forestIn the merry, credulous days,—Lived, and led a fairy bandOver the indulgent land!Ah, for in this dourest, sorestAge man's eye has looked upon,Death to fauns and death to fays,Still the dog-wood dares to raise—Healthy tree, with trunk and root—Ivory bowls that bear no fruit,And the starlings and the jays—Birds that cannot even sing—Dare to come again in spring!