7.12.2009

From 'The Nut Tree' (Anonymous)

Many people are familiar with the beginning of this poem ('I had a silver nut tree, nothing would it bear.....'), but I was struck when rereading it with this second verse. I love how the lilting form matches the subject matter.
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I skipped over water
I danced over sea,
And all the birds in the air
Could not catch me.

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