The Man with the Hoe, and Other Poems (Markham, Pyle, 1900)/The Valley

by Edwin Markham

 

The Valley

I know a valley in the summer hills,
Haunted by little winds and daffodils;
Faint footfalls and soft shadows pass at noon;
Noiseless, at night, the clouds assemble there;
And ghostly summits hang below the moon—
Dim visions lightly swung in silent air.