All in green went my love riding Man and the Natural World Quotes

Swift-moving deer and a gold valley? That sounds as close to paradise as a hunter could hope to find. No wonder the poem spends most of its time describing the natural world.

Dawn is the start of day, the time when light is just beginning to shine on the world. It's also a symbol for the end of night, new beginnings, and all sorts of other happy things. Perhaps that's why the death at the end comes as such a shock.