Riley farm-rhymes . A COUNTRY PATHWAY I COME upon it suddenly, alone—A little pathway winding in the weedsThat fringe the roadside; and with dreams my own,I wander as it leads. Full wistfully along the slender Avay, Through summer tan of freckled shade and shineI take the path that leads me as it may— Its every choice is A COUNTRY PATHWAY A chipimiiik, or a sudden-whirrinj:;- quail,Is startled !)}• my step as on I fare— A garter-snake across the dusty trailGlances and—is not there. ,Vbove the archinq- jimson-weeds flare twosAnd twos of sail: iw-}ellow hutterllies, Like hloonis of kjrn

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Riley farm-rhymes . A COUNTRY PATHWAY I COME upon it suddenly, alone—A little pathway winding in the weedsThat fringe the roadside; and with dreams my own,I wander as it leads. Full wistfully along the slender Avay, Through summer tan of freckled shade and shineI take the path that leads me as it may— Its every choice is A COUNTRY PATHWAY A chipimiiik, or a sudden-whirrinj:;- quail,Is startled !)}• my step as on I fare— A garter-snake across the dusty trailGlances and—is not there. ,Vbove the archinq- jimson-weeds flare twosAnd twos of sail: iw-}ellow hutterllies, Like hloonis of kjrn primroses blowing loose\\ lien autumn winds arise. The trail dips—dwindles—broadens then, and liftsItself astride a cross-road duhiousK, And, from the fennel marge beyond it, driftsStill onward, becl:oning me. And though it neeils must lure me mile on mileOut of the public highway, still I go, ]\I_\ thoughts, far in advance in Indian-file,Allure me e\en so. Why, I am as a long-lost lioy that wentAt du

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