Once, In the Dim Wood

Patrick Reginald Chalmers

1872 to 1942

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Once, in the dim wood, 
Ere dove-winged dawn, 
Slender and slim, would 
Haunt the faun, 
Antic of limb, would 
Leap the faun — 
Once, in the dim wood, 
Ere dove-winged dawn. 

Now, ere the cold grey 
Moonbeams die, 
Only the old grey 
Brocks lurch by, 
Only the bold grey 
Brocks roll by — 
Now ere the cold grey 
Moonbeams die.