Mirkwood

Mirkwood - so this ancient wood was named.
Why? Because it's full of beasts untamed?
Or because the mortals couldn't see
Secrets kept by every living tree?
Or because the beams cannot slip
Through a woven roof of branching limes?
Mirkwood, where the darkness dense and deep..
Other name it had in former times!
Dancing at a fire, winged song -
That is Mirkwood no man has known.