. ... Debris. ades and smiteTheir rose and purple, till my sightIs dazzled with its loveliness. In verdant nets, along the way,The tendrils of a wild-grape vineThrough elder thickets intertwine; And, poising lightly on a sprayOf fruited bramble stems, where shineClose clustering berries, red as wine, A little thistle-bird, still gay In Aprils yellow plumage, clingsWith airy grace,—and slowly swings, And lifts his wingsIn dainty, drowsy flutterings; They flicker like bright flakes of gold,And fan his body, small and slim, While lovingly the winds enfold And summers heart broods over him. PI K I
. ... Debris. ades and smiteTheir rose and purple, till my sightIs dazzled with its loveliness. In verdant nets, along the way,The tendrils of a wild-grape vineThrough elder thickets intertwine; And, poising lightly on a sprayOf fruited bramble stems, where shineClose clustering berries, red as wine, A little thistle-bird, still gay In Aprils yellow plumage, clingsWith airy grace,—and slowly swings, And lifts his wingsIn dainty, drowsy flutterings; They flicker like bright flakes of gold,And fan his body, small and slim, While lovingly the winds enfold And summers heart broods over him. PI K I) I IDl BR] S 1902 The sky is softer than the blueOf cornflower buds beneath the dew;And down below Upon the marshy meadow swales The bindweed weaves its rosy veilsWhere thick the blowing rushes growAmong the tasseled reeds and rue; And up between the mossy railsIt lightly climbs, and clambers throughThe growing corn, and barley, too, And winds the fallow weeds and trailsAcross the creek where cowslips PURDUEDEBRISI902 —O lavish stems, that fondly fling-Close clasp about the earth, and clingIn wreaths of fragrant flowering Evn as ye doTo that dear soil wherefrom ye spring,So does my love cleave thereunto !And so my full heart-blossoms bindThe bright midsummer fields and findSweet fellowships with everything!
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