Oft I had heard of Lucy Gray: And, when I crossed the wild, I chanced to see at break of day The solitary child.
No mate, no comrade Lucy knew; She dwelt where none abide mdash;The sweetest thing that ever grew Upon the mountainside!
You yet may spy the fawn at play The hare among the green; But the sweet face of Lucy Gray Will never more be seen.
“To-night will be a stormy night— You to the town must go; And take a lantern, Child, to light Your mother through the snow.”
“That, Father! Will I gladly do: 'Tis scarcely afternoon — The village clock has just struck two, And yonder is the moon!”At this the Father turned his hook, To kindling for the day' He plied his work; — and Lucy took The lantern on her way.
As carefree as a mountain doe: A fresh, new path she broke Her feet dispersed the powdery snow, That rose up just like smoke.
The storm came on before its time" She wandered up and down; And many a hill did Lucy climb: But never reached the town.
The wretched parents all that night Went shouting far and wide; But there was neither sound nor sight To serve them as a guide.
At daybreak on a hill they stood That overlooked the scene; And thence they saw the bridge of wood, That spanned a deep ravine.They wept &mdash and, turning homeward, cried, "In Heaven we all shall meet!"; — When in the snow the mother spied The print of Lucy's feet.
Then downwards from the steep hill's edge They tracked the footmarks small; And through the broken hawthorn hedge, And by the long stone-wall;
And then an open field they crossed: The marks were still the same; They tracked them on, not ever lost; And to the bridge they came.
They followed from the snowy bank Those footmarks, one by one, Into the middle of the plank; And further there were none!
— Yet some maintain that to this day She is a living child; That you may see sweet Lucy Gray Upon the lonesome wild.
O'er rough and smooth she trips along, And never looks behind; And sings a solitary song That whistles in the wind.
the red part of the lyric says that lucy gray disappeared at the middle of the bridge since her footprints stop there. I think she got captured by a hovercraft. we also know that hovercrafts exist at the time. doctor kay and his team of scientists used a hovercraft to come to district 12 and Katniss mentions that a hovercraft took away a girl who later became a Avox confirming that the Capitol sends hovercrafts to discrit 12.
Lyrics
Oft I had heard of Lucy Gray:
And, when I crossed the wild,
I chanced to see at break of day
The solitary child.
No mate, no comrade Lucy knew;
She dwelt where none abide
mdash;The sweetest thing that ever grew
Upon the mountainside!
You yet may spy the fawn at play
The hare among the green;
But the sweet face of Lucy Gray
Will never more be seen.
“To-night will be a stormy night—
You to the town must go;
And take a lantern, Child, to light
Your mother through the snow.”
“That, Father! Will I gladly do:
'Tis scarcely afternoon —
The village clock has just struck two,
And yonder is the moon!”At this the Father turned his hook,
To kindling for the day'
He plied his work; — and Lucy took
The lantern on her way.
As carefree as a mountain doe:
A fresh, new path she broke
Her feet dispersed the powdery snow,
That rose up just like smoke.
The storm came on before its time"
She wandered up and down;
And many a hill did Lucy climb:
But never reached the town.
The wretched parents all that night
Went shouting far and wide;
But there was neither sound nor sight
To serve them as a guide.
At daybreak on a hill they stood
That overlooked the scene;
And thence they saw the bridge of wood,
That spanned a deep ravine.They wept &mdash and, turning homeward, cried,
"In Heaven we all shall meet!";
— When in the snow the mother spied
The print of Lucy's feet.
Then downwards from the steep hill's edge
They tracked the footmarks small;
And through the broken hawthorn hedge,
And by the long stone-wall;
And then an open field they crossed:
The marks were still the same;
They tracked them on, not ever lost;
And to the bridge they came.
They followed from the snowy bank
Those footmarks, one by one,
Into the middle of the plank;
And further there were none!
— Yet some maintain that to this day
She is a living child;
That you may see sweet Lucy Gray
Upon the lonesome wild.
O'er rough and smooth she trips along,
And never looks behind;
And sings a solitary song
That whistles in the wind.
the red part of the lyric says that lucy gray disappeared at the middle of the bridge since her footprints stop there. I think she got captured by a hovercraft. we also know that hovercrafts exist at the time. doctor kay and his team of scientists used a hovercraft to come to district 12 and Katniss mentions that a hovercraft took away a girl who later became a Avox confirming that the Capitol sends hovercrafts to discrit 12.