by William Douglas (1672? - 1748)

Tapestry
Language: English 
I saw the brown deer feeding,
Dappled like adder's-tongue,
And quietly were they leading
Their nimble-footed young;

By some enchantment herded
Among the bamboo trees,
Whose stems with light are girded
In flickering fantasies.

And as I stood there gazing,
In sunlight and in shade,
They raised small heads from grazing,
With soft eyes unafraid.

I could not pull my golden dart
Out of its broidered case.
It seemed as if my very heart
Were silent in its place.

Confirmed with The Atlantic Monthly, volume 132, no. 6, Boston/New York: The Atlantic Monthly Company, 1923, page 785.


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