Oh I longed, when I went in the woods today,
To see the fauns come out and play,
To see a satyr try to seize
A dryad by his knobby knees,
5 To see a river-nymph waylay
And shock him with a dash of spray!
And I teased like a child, by brooks and trees
"Come back again we need you please!
Come back and teach us how to play!"
10 But nowhere in the woods were they.
I found, when I went in the town today
A thousand people on their way to offices and factories
And never a single soul at ease
And how could I help but sigh and say
15 "What can it profit them, how can it pay
To strain the eye with rivalries
Until the dark is all it sees?
Or to manage more than others may
To store the wasted gain away?
20 But one of the crowd stepped from the throng today
With pointed brows and I heard him say
"Out of the meadows and rivers and trees
We fauns and many companies
Of nymphs have come and we are these,
25 These people, each upon his way,
Looking for work, and working for pay—
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Select the correct note.
How does the author explain the conflict in the second stanza?
