St Nicholas [serial] . ago, are tiresome indeed. To attemptto enjoy them is like trying very hard to get awhiff of fragrance from a bunch of artificial reason is that the writers themselves wereartificial, and thought they could make up theirpoems without any help from Nature. Some oftheir productions are, indeed, elegantly made,—finished as neatly as the most dainty millinery;but then—who cares for them ? No, the birds must sing, and the blossoms mustsmell sweet in the verses, or they are not the realthing. The true poetry of Nature makes you feelas open air, blue skies, dancing w
St Nicholas [serial] . ago, are tiresome indeed. To attemptto enjoy them is like trying very hard to get awhiff of fragrance from a bunch of artificial reason is that the writers themselves wereartificial, and thought they could make up theirpoems without any help from Nature. Some oftheir productions are, indeed, elegantly made,—finished as neatly as the most dainty millinery;but then—who cares for them ? No, the birds must sing, and the blossoms mustsmell sweet in the verses, or they are not the realthing. The true poetry of Nature makes you feelas open air, blue skies, dancing waves, shadowyforest, and sunshiny meadowmake you feel,—inspired andrevived by their own deliciousfreshness. The poet whoseheart is full of the gladnessof the May, will make hissongs echo with it; and manysuch poets there are. Wordsworth has plenty ofpoems simple enough for allof you to understand. Someof them are about the daisy,the primrose, the small celan-dine, daffodils,—by the way,Herricks ToDaffodils and. She has virgins many,Fresh and faire;Yet you areMore sweet than any. Yare the Maiden Posies,And so gractTo be plactFore damask roses. Yet though thus respected,By and byYe do lie,Poore girles, neglected. : 77-1 SONGS OF SPRING. 463 « hey arc home-flowers to almost everybody; and rose, the shamrock, and the thistle are of our sisters is the home-flowers that have most poetry in across the water; and certainly this is too pretty iem, after all. an-idea to be altogether neglected. This is why we know the English cowslips and This flowers shy way of hiding its pink and
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