I've Been Wandering in the Greenwoods

By Charlotte Bronte

I've been wandering in the greenwoods

And mid flowery smiling plains

I've been listening to the dark floods

To the thrushes thrilling strains

I have gathered the pale primrose

And the purple violet sweet

I've been where the Asphodel grows

And where lives the red deer fleet

I've been to the distant mountain

To the silver singing rill 

By the crystal murmering fountain, 

And the shady verdant hill

I've been where the poplar is springing

From the fair Inamelled ground

Where the nightingale is singing

With a solemn plaintive sound