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Along the trail

a book of lyrics by Richard Hovey
Hovey, Richard (1864-1900)

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AUGUST

The white sky and the white sea run
Their twin pearl-splendors into one,
Nor can the eye distinguish these,
Enchanted by the diableries
The mist-witch conjures in the sun.
Landward a white birch, like a nun,
Whispers her leafy rosaries.
Beyond, where the still woodland is,
The blue west leadens into dun,
Close to the dark tops of the trees.
1886
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