...are bare and birds are flown, And frosts and shortening days portend The aged year is near its end. " Thou comest not when violets lean O'er wandering brooks and springs unseen ; Or columbines, in purple dressed, Nod o'er the ground-bird's hidden nest. " Then doth thy sweet and quiet eye Look through its...

...is like the sun, which, as we journey towards it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us. SMILES. TO THE FRINGED GENTIAN. THOU blossom bright with autumn...unseen, Or columbines in purple drest Nod o'er the ground-bird's hidden nest. Thou waitest late and com'st alone, When woods are bare and birds are flown,...

...how he smiles On the dewy earth that smiles in his ray, On the leaping waters and gay young isles; sky; TO THE FRINGED GENTIAN. THOU blossom bright with...brooks and springs unseen, Or columbines, in purple dressed, Nod o'er the ground-bird's hidden nest. Thou waitest late, and com'st alone, When woods are...

...shore; And, listening to thy murmur, he shall deem He hears the rustling leaf and running stream. 40 TO THE FRINGED GENTIAN Thou blossom bright with autumn...frosty night — Thou comest not when violets lean s O'er wandering brooks and springs unseen, Or columbines,- in purple dressed, Nod o'er the ground-bird's...

...thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. To the Fringed Gentian Thou blossom bright with autumn...dew, And colored with the heaven's own blue, That opened when the quiet light, Succeeds the keen and frosty night. Thou comest not when violets lean....

...keep that earlier, wilder image bright. (I. 13-14) AiP; AmPP; NAAL-1; TAP To the Fringed Gentian 31 . / . (1. 1—2) 32 Thou waitest late and corn's! alone, When woods are bare and birds are flown, (1. 9—10)...