. Bryant. Poems from the works of William Cullen Bryant. ds their green resume,Sweet flower, I love, in forest bare, To meet thee, when thy faint per-fumeAlone is in the virgin air. Of all her train, the hands of SpringFirst plant thee in the waterymould, And I have seen thee blossomingBeside the snow-banks edges cold. 17 LEAFLETS FROM STANDARD AUTHORS. Thy parent sun, who bade thee view,Pale skies, and chilling moisturesip,Has bathed thee in his own brighthue,And streaked with jet thy glow-ing lip. Yet slight thy form, and low thy seat,And earthward bent thy gentle eye, Unapt the passing view
. Bryant. Poems from the works of William Cullen Bryant. ds their green resume,Sweet flower, I love, in forest bare, To meet thee, when thy faint per-fumeAlone is in the virgin air. Of all her train, the hands of SpringFirst plant thee in the waterymould, And I have seen thee blossomingBeside the snow-banks edges cold. 17 LEAFLETS FROM STANDARD AUTHORS. Thy parent sun, who bade thee view,Pale skies, and chilling moisturesip,Has bathed thee in his own brighthue,And streaked with jet thy glow-ing lip. Yet slight thy form, and low thy seat,And earthward bent thy gentle eye, Unapt the passing view to meet,When loftier flowers are flauntingnigh. Oft, in the sunless April day,Thy early smile has stayed mywalk: But midst the gorgeous blooms ofMay,I passed thee on thy humble stalk. So they, who climb to wealth, forgetThe friends in darker copied them—but I regret That I should ape the ways ofpride. And when again the genial hourAwakes the painted tribes of light, Ill not oerlook the modest flowerThat made the woods of 18 BRYANT.
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