WEALTH OF WOODS
I SAT UNDER A TREE IN THE BLUEBELL WOOD,
AND WATCHED THE CLOUDS ROLL BY.
THE SHADOWS FLOWING OVER THE LAND,
A PICTURE OF BEAUTY TO THE EYE.
TWIGS AND LEAVES AROUND MY FEET,
AND REMAINS OF TOADSTOOLS LAY BY ME.
THROUGH THE GRASS PRIMROSES AND HOG WEED,
TO THE WOODS PATH I COULD SEE.
ALONG THE PATH IN THE BLUEBELL WOOD,
WALKED TO WERE THE BRIDGE CROSSED THE STREAM.
TOOK THE PATH MOST TRAVELED,
ALONG THE RUTS DOWN THE HILL TO A HORNBEAM.
STOOD AND LISTERNED TO THE SOUNDS
THE WOOD PIGEON ON THE WING,
CROWS WITH THEIR REPEATED SQUARK,
AND THE WIND THROUGH THE TREES MURMERING.
ONCE CAME THE SMUGGLERS THIS WAY FROM THE COAST,
EACH PATH TELLS A STORY?
KEEP THE FOREST AND WOOD SO MAN CAN ENJOY,
LET US NOT LOOSE ITS GLORY.
JEFFREY HERBERT
About this poem
CRAWLEY IS SITUATED CLOSE TO FAYGATE SUSSEX THE HILL KNOWN AS TOWER HILL HAS WOODS TREES AND WILD FLOWERS LIKE BLUEBELLS , .VERY PICTURESK AT THE RIGHT TIME OF THE YEAR. WHEN THE SUN RISES EARLY IN THE DAY AND STAYS LIGHT TILL LATE.
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Written on July 27, 2021
Submitted by herbertjhlh_1 on August 03, 2023
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