I stood still and was a tree amid the wood, br Knowing the truth of things unseen before; br Of Daphne and the laurel bow br And that god-feasting couple old br that grew elm-oak amid the wold. br 'Twas not until the gods had been br Kindly entreated, and been brought within br Unto the hearth of their heart's home br That they might do this wonder thing; br Nathless I have been a tree amid the wood br And many a new thing understood br That was rank folly to my head before.