Foreknown
Theybrought me with a secret gleeThe news I knew before they spoke,And though they hoped to see me riven,They found me light as dry leaves drivenBefore the storm that splits an oak.For I had learned from many an autumnThe way a leaf can drift and go,Lightly, lightly, almost gayTaking the unreturning wayTo mix with winter and the snow.
Theybrought me with a secret gleeThe news I knew before they spoke,And though they hoped to see me riven,They found me light as dry leaves drivenBefore the storm that splits an oak.For I had learned from many an autumnThe way a leaf can drift and go,Lightly, lightly, almost gayTaking the unreturning wayTo mix with winter and the snow.
Theybrought me with a secret gleeThe news I knew before they spoke,And though they hoped to see me riven,They found me light as dry leaves drivenBefore the storm that splits an oak.
Theybrought me with a secret glee
The news I knew before they spoke,
And though they hoped to see me riven,
They found me light as dry leaves driven
Before the storm that splits an oak.
For I had learned from many an autumnThe way a leaf can drift and go,Lightly, lightly, almost gayTaking the unreturning wayTo mix with winter and the snow.
For I had learned from many an autumn
The way a leaf can drift and go,
Lightly, lightly, almost gay
Taking the unreturning way
To mix with winter and the snow.