The book of joyous children . [156] SOME SONGS AFTER Him visitS; with fresh, school-notes and surprises,—With nettling pride they sprung the word ^^ Athletic,With much advice and urgings sympathetic Anent ^athletic exercises. Wise asLad might look, quoth Paul: I ve pondered oer that^Athletic, but I mean to take, before that, Downstairic and outdooric exercises. VIB0E:K to THE PURPLE [W. M.] Most-like it was this kingly ladSpake out of the pure joy he hadIn his child-heart of the wee maidWhose eerie beauty sudden laidA spell upon him, and his wordsBurst as a song of any birds :
The book of joyous children . [156] SOME SONGS AFTER Him visitS; with fresh, school-notes and surprises,—With nettling pride they sprung the word ^^ Athletic,With much advice and urgings sympathetic Anent ^athletic exercises. Wise asLad might look, quoth Paul: I ve pondered oer that^Athletic, but I mean to take, before that, Downstairic and outdooric exercises. VIB0E:K to THE PURPLE [W. M.] Most-like it was this kingly ladSpake out of the pure joy he hadIn his child-heart of the wee maidWhose eerie beauty sudden laidA spell upon him, and his wordsBurst as a song of any birds :— A peerless Princess thou shalt be,Through wit of loves rare sorcery :To crown the crown of thy gold hairThou shalt have rubies, bleeding thereTheir crimson splendor midst the marredPulp of great pearls, and afterward[ 157 ] SOME SONGS AFTER MASTER-SINGEKS. Leaking in fainter ruddy stainsAdown thy neck-and-armlet-chainsOf turquoise, chrysoprase, and madLight-frenzied diamonds, dartling glad[158] SOME SONGS AFTER MASTER-SINGEES Swift spirts of shine that interfuse As though with lucent crystal dews That glance and glitter like split rays Of sunshine, born of burgeoning Mays When the first bee tilts down the lip Of the first blossom, and the drip Of blended dew and honey heaves Him blinded midst the underleaves. For raiment, Fays shall weave for thee— Out of the phosphor of the sea And the frayed floss of starlight, spun With counter warp of the firm sun— A vesture of such filmy sheen As, through all ages, never queen Therewith strove truly to make less One fair line of her loveliness. Thus gowned and crowned with gems and gold, Thou Shalt, through centuries untold, Rule, ever young and ever fair, As now thou rulest, smiling there. [159] OLD MAN WHISKERY-WHEE-KUM-WHEEZE Old Man Whiskery-Whee-Kum-WheezeLives way up in the leaves o trees
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