Impressions in and about Portland, Maine . DEERING PARK A leafy home for whispering dryads made Remains their haunt, thouo-h murmurin streetsare nearWhere Deerings Oaks, within their solemn shade, Preserve a hush, a spell, that kindles fear ;As if the bandits of good Robin Hood, Or playful fairies, trooped the paths at only hid within the listening wood When wanderers came in sight :Yet rushing trains the sturdy branches shake,And childrens laughter all the echoes wake. Beyond dividing waters, where a field Slopes to the mansion on its level brow,Sweet orchard-glades their stern trad
Impressions in and about Portland, Maine . DEERING PARK A leafy home for whispering dryads made Remains their haunt, thouo-h murmurin streetsare nearWhere Deerings Oaks, within their solemn shade, Preserve a hush, a spell, that kindles fear ;As if the bandits of good Robin Hood, Or playful fairies, trooped the paths at only hid within the listening wood When wanderers came in sight :Yet rushing trains the sturdy branches shake,And childrens laughter all the echoes wake. Beyond dividing waters, where a field Slopes to the mansion on its level brow,Sweet orchard-glades their stern traditions yield Of savage conflict centuries westward still, with fonder memories blent, A furzy pasture tells of strange delights :For there the circus held its tournament, And there, on gala fireworks magic dazed our childish eyes,Shooting its splendors to the startled skies, — Abba Goold Woolson. 31
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