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I Heard his step upon the moss	A
I glimpsed his shadow in the stream	B
And thrice I saw the brambles toss	A
Wherein he vanished like a dream	B
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A great beech aimed a giant stroke	C
At my bent head in mad alarm	D
And then a chestnut and an oak	C
Struck at me with a knotted arm	D
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The brambles clutched at me and fear	E
For one swift instant held me fast	F
Just long enough to let me hear	G
His windlike footsteps vanish past	F
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The brushwood made itself more dense	H
And looped my feet with green delay	I
And threatening every violence	J
The rocks and thorns opposed my way	I
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But still I followed strove and strained	K
In spite of all the wood devised	L
To hold me back and on him gained	K
The deity I had surprised	L
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The genius of the wood whose flute	M
Had led me far at first to see	N
The imprint of his form and foot	O
Upon the moss beneath the tree	N
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A bird piped warning and he fled	P
I saw a gleam of gold and green	Q
The woodland held its breath for dread	P
That its great godhead would be seen	Q
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Could I but speak him face to face	R
And for a while his joy behold	S
What visions there might then take place	R
What myst'ries of the woods be told	S
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And well I knew that he was near	E
By that soft sound the water made	T
Upon its rock and by the fear	E
The wind unto the leaves betrayed	T
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And by the sign bough made to bough	U
The secret signal brusque and brief	V
That said 'On guard He's looking now '	-
And pointed at me every leaf	V
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Then suddenly the way lay wide	W
The brambles ceased to clutch and tear	X
And even the grim trees shrunk aside	W
And motioned me 'He's there he's there '	-
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A ruse I knew it for a ruse	Y
To thwart my search at last But I	Z
Had been a fool to follow clues	Y
And let the god himself pass by	Z
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And then the wood in mighty mirth	A2
Laughed at me all its bulk a swing	B2
It roared and bent its giant girth	A2
As if it'd done a clever thing	B2
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But I on whom its scorn was spent	C2
Said not a word but turned away	I
To me this truth was evident	D2
No man may see the gods to day	I

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