. Maple leaves, 1894 [microform] : Canadian history, literature, ornithology. Birds; Authors, Canadian; Oiseaux; Ecrivains canadiens. w ^ .,, â '1.' â¢;'â ,:â â â¢i i â 28G â centre bed opposite the arbour, wliore we often spent many pleasant hours. Of all the ilowers of the Fall, the fiinged Gentian is the most lovely. I shall never forget the first time I saw a largo bed of it fully open in the sunshine, at the Isle of (3rleans: the soft bright azure lilue, the beau- tiful fringe, the immense Tuass of flowers and the unex- ])ected way in which 1 suddenly came upon them, fdled me with surj
. Maple leaves, 1894 [microform] : Canadian history, literature, ornithology. Birds; Authors, Canadian; Oiseaux; Ecrivains canadiens. w ^ .,, â '1.' â¢;'â ,:â â â¢i i â 28G â centre bed opposite the arbour, wliore we often spent many pleasant hours. Of all the ilowers of the Fall, the fiinged Gentian is the most lovely. I shall never forget the first time I saw a largo bed of it fully open in the sunshine, at the Isle of (3rleans: the soft bright azure lilue, the beau- tiful fringe, the immense Tuass of flowers and the unex- ])ected way in which 1 suddenly came upon them, fdled me with surjjrise and delight; I was not aware of my ecstacies till they were commented upuu. ". TO TIIK FllINCED (IKNTIAN. Thou blossom Krij^lit with autumn dew, Ami colored with tho heaven's own l)lue, That opeiiost when tho ((uiet lijrht, Succeeds tho keen and frosty night. Thou comost not when violets lean, O'ei' wandering hiooks and springs unseen, Or coluniliines in piiriile dressi-d, Xod o'er the ground-hird's hidiUm nest. Thou waiiest late, and comest alone, When woods are 'e, and birds are ilown, And frost, and shortiMiiiig days jportend, The aged year is ni>ar its end. Then doth tliy swe^t, and (|uiet eye. tlii'ough its fringfs to the sky, âMile-as il tiiat sky fall' A flower fmui its ocrulean wall. I would th.'it thus, when I siiall see The hour of death dra\v near to nie lidjn' witiiin my heart, ^lay look to Heaven as I (h^jiart. (.' BltYAXT. '.He'.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Le Moine, J. M. (James MacPherson), Sir, 1825-1912. [Quebec? : s. n. ]
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