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Columbines and Anemones
Prang's American chromos,—“Wild Flowers, after water-color by Miss Ellen Robbins, have been much admired, and are well suited to the decoration of boudoirs.”
Before the early flowers have faded quite,
That breathed their fragrance over vale and lea;
The Columbines, in scarlet vesture bright,
Quickly succeed the pale Anemone;
That breathed their fragrance over vale and lea;
The Columbines, in scarlet vesture bright,
Quickly succeed the pale Anemone;
Crowning our rocky hills in gay attire,
Or nodding on the steep and craggy rock;
They bid us climb for that which we desire,
Or, far beyond our reach, with beauty mock.
Or nodding on the steep and craggy rock;
They bid us climb for that which we desire,
Or, far beyond our reach, with beauty mock.
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In fancy groups of children there I see,
Gathering large bunches for their distant home;
And hear again their shouts, and merry glee,
As through the fields, and o'er the hills they roam.
Gathering large bunches for their distant home;
And hear again their shouts, and merry glee,
As through the fields, and o'er the hills they roam.
Fair Flowers! my boyhood's love, and still so dear;
Thanks to the Artist, who has made you bloom,
When Winter's storms, and Winter's snows are here,
To cheer us through its months of cold, and gloom.
Thanks to the Artist, who has made you bloom,
When Winter's storms, and Winter's snows are here,
To cheer us through its months of cold, and gloom.
Poem No. 64; c. 14 February 1874
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