. Astray with song and fancy. •... The plant that grewBeside the wall. HOW. UOW could I know the plant that grew Beside the wall,Would bud and bloom, and bud and bloom anew,Till now it covers all ? How could I know the thought of you One summer eve,Would grow and grow till now it thrills methrough, Nor grants me a reprieve ? 36. The jewel-weed binds up her hairWith silvery pearls, beside the stream. AUTUMN. t-JER face is veiled with purple haze Through which the wan sun sends a beam;The jewel-weed binds up her hair With silvery pearls, beside the stream. Oh, she is ever beautiful ! The fleetin
. Astray with song and fancy. •... The plant that grewBeside the wall. HOW. UOW could I know the plant that grew Beside the wall,Would bud and bloom, and bud and bloom anew,Till now it covers all ? How could I know the thought of you One summer eve,Would grow and grow till now it thrills methrough, Nor grants me a reprieve ? 36. The jewel-weed binds up her hairWith silvery pearls, beside the stream. AUTUMN. t-JER face is veiled with purple haze Through which the wan sun sends a beam;The jewel-weed binds up her hair With silvery pearls, beside the stream. Oh, she is ever beautiful ! The fleeting years can do no harm,Still shall she come a century hence With all the old and luring charm. The cosmos, dahlias, golden-rodHer faithful, fair handmaidens are; They wait her coming in the days When Summer doth her entrance bar. They wait and listen till they hearThe footfall of her crimson shoon, And then they bend and sway to herBeneath a silver, misty moon. The asters, like a million stars, Gleam brightly from the road-side grass To decorate and light the way Oer which her flowery train shall pass. Oh ! Autumn is a pensive maid; Her ways are sweet and mild and sad,And we are loath to see her go, Remembering the joys we had! 37 O LITTLE FIR-TREE. (~^\ little fir-tree set against the sky, Dost watch the sun rise and th
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