Hoofs of Pegasus

<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_27" id="Page_27">[Pg 27]</SPAN></span></p> <h2>THE BATHERS</h2> <div class="poetry-container"><div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0"><span class="bigfont">A</span>LL in the misty weather,</span> <span class="i0">When clouds were hanging low,</span> <span class="i0">I trod a leafy woodland path</span> <span class="i0">Long, long ago.</span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">The cold green light of morning</span> <span class="i0">Shivered among the trees,</span> <span class="i0">The little leaves were tremulous,</span> <span class="i0">Stirred by an eery breeze.</span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">And then to me was given</span> <span class="i0">A sight that one might dream,</span> <span class="i0">Three maidens white and glistening,</span> <span class="i0">Bathing in a stream.</span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">One floated idly drifting,</span> <span class="i0">One shook her wet locks free,</span> <span class="i0">One stood as slender as a boy,</span> <span class="i0">As white as ivory;</span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Naked, unshamed, untrammelled;</span> <span class="i0">Ah, never did they know,</span> <span class="i0">I saw three maidens bathing</span> <span class="i0">Long, long ago.</span></div> </div></div> <hr class="chap" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />