The Mystic Meaning () By: Clark Ashton Smith Vocabulary: Notes: amid – in the middle of something vain – to try with no success tidings – news that make people feel glad lurk – hiding nearby in a creepy way The Mystic Meaning Alas! That we are deaf and blind 1 To meanings all about us hid! 2 What secrets lurk the woods amid? 3 What prophecies are on the wind? 4 What tidings do the billows bring? 5 And cry in vain upon the strand? 6 If we might only understand 7
The Mystic Meaning () By: Clark Ashton Smith Vocabulary: amid – in the middle of something vain – to try with no success tidings – news that make people feel glad lurk – hiding nearby in a creepy way Notes: The Mystic Meaning 1 Alas! That we are deaf and blind 2 To meanings all about us hid! 3 What secrets lurk the woods amid? 4 What prophecies are on the wind? 5 What tidings do the billows bring? 6 And cry in vain upon the strand? 7 If we might only understand