. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 460 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. A Song of Long Ago. JAMES W. RILEY. A song of long ago. Sing it lightly—sing it low- Sing it softly—like the lisping of the lips we used to know When our baby laughter spilled From the hearts forever filled With a music sweet as a robin ever trilled ! Let the sumer fragrant breeze, And the leaves f locust trees, And the apple buds and blossoms, and the wings of honey-bees, All palpitate with glee, Till the happy harmony Brings back each childish joy to you and me. Let the eyes of fancy turn Where the tumbled pippins burn Like
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 460 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. A Song of Long Ago. JAMES W. RILEY. A song of long ago. Sing it lightly—sing it low- Sing it softly—like the lisping of the lips we used to know When our baby laughter spilled From the hearts forever filled With a music sweet as a robin ever trilled ! Let the sumer fragrant breeze, And the leaves f locust trees, And the apple buds and blossoms, and the wings of honey-bees, All palpitate with glee, Till the happy harmony Brings back each childish joy to you and me. Let the eyes of fancy turn Where the tumbled pippins burn Like embers in the orchard's lap of tousled grass and fern ; And let the wayward wind, Still singing, plod behind The cider press—the good old-fashioned kind ! Blend in the song the moan Of the dove that grieves alone. And the wild whirr of the locust and the bumble's drowsy drone ; And the low of cows that call Through the pasture bars when all The landscape fades away at evenfall. Then, far away and clear. Through the dusky atmosphere, Let the wailing of the kildees be the only sound you hear. Oh, sweet and sad and low As the memory may know Is the glad, pathetic song of long ago ! —Selected. The New England Maga- zine for October is specially attractive for the quantity and quality of its poetry. Everett S. Hubbard contributes a fine Columbus poem, " The Three Ships," which has the place of honor in the number. Charles Edwin Markham, the Californian poet, is represented by a poem in his best vein, "A Harvest ; Madison Cawein, of Kentucky, is some- what metaphysical in "The ; James B. Kenyon contributes a pretty fancy, "The South ; St. George Best is topical with "; Stuart Sterne, a New York poet, in "Vespers" and "Matins," gives us true poetry and sentiment. All these poets are of the younger generation, and are scattered throughout the Union, so that it cannot be said that the Ne
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