Thomas Hardy
Growth in May
I enter a daisy-and-buttercup land,
  And thence thread a jungle of grass:
Hurdles and stiles scarce visible stand
  Above the lush stems as I pass.
Hedges peer over, and try to be seen,
  And seem to reveal a dim sense
That amid such ambitious and elbow-high green
  They make a mean show as a fence.
Elsewhere the mead is possessed of the neats,
  That range not greatly above
The rich rank thicket which brushes their teats,
  And her gown, as she waits for her Love.