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The Return of the Columbine
Thou comest again, in bright scarlet drest,
To cheer the heart, and to please the eye;
To nod o'er the ground sparrow's lowly nest,
And lure the bee as he wanders by.
To cheer the heart, and to please the eye;
To nod o'er the ground sparrow's lowly nest,
And lure the bee as he wanders by.
And the beauteous sight the prospect fills,
For wherever we turn we admire;
Thou comest again to our rocky hills,
Blushing deep with their summer attire.
For wherever we turn we admire;
Thou comest again to our rocky hills,
Blushing deep with their summer attire.
In every crevice thou findest a place,
With thy beauty the rocks to adorn;
The dark, craggy hillside thou lovest to grace
With bright hues like the colors of morn.
With thy beauty the rocks to adorn;
The dark, craggy hillside thou lovest to grace
With bright hues like the colors of morn.
And the children come o'er the hills to roam,
And gather in bunches thy flowers;
Sweetest tokens they are, in many a home,
Of their walks, and the glad summer hours.
And gather in bunches thy flowers;
Sweetest tokens they are, in many a home,
Of their walks, and the glad summer hours.
Thou comest again; and oft hast returned,
With thy beauty and fragrance so sweet;
But we other lessons than Nature's have learned,
Nor hastened thy coming to greet.
With thy beauty and fragrance so sweet;
But we other lessons than Nature's have learned,
Nor hastened thy coming to greet.
Oh, would that the beauty, so lavish and free,
And that doth with each season return;
We might, with the glad heart of childhood see,
And the lesson it brings for us learn.
And that doth with each season return;
We might, with the glad heart of childhood see,
And the lesson it brings for us learn.
Poem No. 669; c. 25 May 1877
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