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It was a hundred years ago	A
When by the woodland ways	B
The traveller saw the wild deer drink	C
Or crop the birchen sprays	B
	-
Beneath a hill whose rocky side	D
O'erbrowed a grassy mead	E
And fenced a cottage from the wind	F
A deer was wont to feed	E
	-
She only came when on the cliffs	G
The evening moonlight lay	H
And no man knew the secret haunts	I
In which she walked by day	H
	-
White were her feet her forehead showed	J
A spot of silvery white	K
That seemed to glimmer like a star	L
In autumn's hazy night	K
	-
And here when sang the whippoorwill	H
She cropped the sprouting leaves	M
And here her rustling steps were heard	N
On still October eves	M
	-
But when the broad midsummer moon	O
Rose o'er that grassy lawn	P
Beside the silver footed deer	Q
There grazed a spotted fawn	P
	-
The cottage dame forbade her son	R
To aim the rifle here	S
It were a sin she said to harm	T
Or fright that friendly deer	Q
	-
This spot has been my pleasant home	U
Ten peaceful years and more	V
And ever when the moonlight shines	W
She feeds before our door	V
	-
The red men say that here she walked	X
A thousand moons ago	A
They never raise the war whoop here	S
And never twang the bow	Y
	-
I love to watch her as she feeds	Z
And think that all is well	H
While such a gentle creature haunts	I
The place in which we dwell	H
	-
The youth obeyed and sought for game	A2
In forests far away	H
Where deep in silence and in moss	B2
The ancient woodland lay	H
	-
But once in autumn's golden time	C2
He ranged the wild in vain	D2
Nor roused the pheasant nor the deer	Q
And wandered home again	E2
	-
The crescent moon and crimson eve	F2
Shone with a mingling light	K
The deer upon the grassy mead	E
Was feeding full in sight	K
	-
He raised the rifle to his eye	G2
And from the cliffs around	H2
A sudden echo shrill and sharp	I2
Gave back its deadly sound	H2
	-
Away into the neighbouring wood	J2
The startled creature flew	H
And crimson drops at morning lay	H
Amid the glimmering dew	H
	-
Next evening shone the waxing moon	O
As sweetly as before	V
The deer upon the grassy mead	E
Was seen again no more	V
	-
But ere that crescent moon was old	K2
By night the red men came	A2
And burnt the cottage to the ground	H2
And slew the youth and dame	A2
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Now woods have overgrown the mead	E
And hid the cliffs from sight	K
There shrieks the hovering hawk at noon	O
And prowls the fox at night	K

William Cullen Bryant

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