In a field of pure delight I watched the leaves , lifted by the wind , dance ! Like girls with daisies in their hair , held hands without due care , run around their play ground , laughing and shouting. Faster they run , round and around , untill like leaves they fell to the ground . As the wind died , then picked up again , the leaves took to flight and the girls danced again . Untill scattered to all corners of a field , whistling, howling chased by boys , who stole their dolls away , like dogs in a field let off their leash , in the middle of the day . ThenΒ Β just like leaves , to the tolling of a bell , were swept inside , never , to be seen again .