XVIII.

Name: A Reading of Life, Other Poems - XVIII.
Author: George Meredith

By daylight now the forest fear could read
Itself, and at new wonders chuckling went.
Straight for the roebuck’s neck the bowman spent
A dart that laughed at distance and at speed.

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Chicago: George Meredith, "XVIII.," A Reading of Life, Other Poems, ed. Sutherland, Alexander, 1853-1902 and trans. Seaton, R. C. in A Reading of Life, Other Poems (New York: George E. Wood, ""Death-bed"" edition, 1892), Original Sources, accessed July 13, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8Q8LN6FE9RSYHWV.

MLA: Meredith, George. "XVIII." A Reading of Life, Other Poems, edited by Sutherland, Alexander, 1853-1902, and translated by Seaton, R. C., in A Reading of Life, Other Poems, New York, George E. Wood, ""Death-bed"" edition, 1892, Original Sources. 13 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8Q8LN6FE9RSYHWV.

Harvard: Meredith, G, 'XVIII.' in A Reading of Life, Other Poems, ed. and trans. . cited in ""Death-bed"" edition, 1892, A Reading of Life, Other Poems, George E. Wood, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 13 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8Q8LN6FE9RSYHWV.