Poems (Schiller)/What I love (I love the green woods)
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Poems Composed in Childhood
WHAT I LOVE
I love the green woods,
Their bright birds and flowers,
Their moss-covered rocks,
Shady nooks and green bowers.
Their bright birds and flowers,
Their moss-covered rocks,
Shady nooks and green bowers.
I love the blue sky,
So calm and serene—
I love this great earth,
When robed in bright green.
So calm and serene—
I love this great earth,
When robed in bright green.
I love the brook,
With its waters so bright;
That reflect the sun by day,
And the moon and stars by night.
With its waters so bright;
That reflect the sun by day,
And the moon and stars by night.
I love the broad, deep river,
That flows a-past our town;
And empties into the Chesapeake bay,
Some hundred miles farther down.
[Aged 13 years.]
That flows a-past our town;
And empties into the Chesapeake bay,
Some hundred miles farther down.
[Aged 13 years.]