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The Faery Forest

Sara Teasdale

The faery forest glimmered
 Beneath an ivory moon,
The silver grasses shimmered
 Against a faery tune.

Beneath the silken silence
 The crystal branches slept,
And dreaming thro’ the dew-fall
 The cold white blossoms wept.
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From Helen of Troy And Other Poems | 1911
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