 | Poems (1901) |  |
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TOBY'S HAIR
Brown as salmon streams that hold
Wanton sunbeams in their snare,
Bronze, and powdered through with gold—
Toby's hair.
Wanton sunbeams in their snare,
Bronze, and powdered through with gold—
Toby's hair.
Swarms of dancing fireflies bright
Shed on bracken, everywhere,
Till the dark is starred with light—
Toby's hair.
Shed on bracken, everywhere,
Till the dark is starred with light—
Toby's hair.
Sparks upon a fire of peat
Make a delicate flight in air,
So with sudden life is lit
Toby's hair,
Make a delicate flight in air,
So with sudden life is lit
Toby's hair,
Silk and soft and fairy-spun,
Such gold-brown as pansies wear.
See, it gathers all the sun,
Toby's hair!
Such gold-brown as pansies wear.
See, it gathers all the sun,
Toby's hair!
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