...springs unseen, O'er 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...and shortening days portend The aged year is near its end. ' Then doth thy sweet and quiet eye Look through its fringes to the sky, Blue— blue— as...

...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 bare and birds...that sky let fall A flower from its cerulean wall.' These lines evince clearly enough that Bryant had a special gift for natural description. The last...

...violets lean O'er wandering brooks and springs unseen, Or columbines, in purple drest, Thou waitest late, and com'st alone, When woods are bare and birds are flown, And frost and shortening days portend The aged year is near its end. Then doth thy sweet and quiet eye,...

...springs 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...and shortening days portend The aged year is near its end. Then doth thy sweet and quiet eye Look through its fringes to the sky, Blue — blue — as...

...springs 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...and shortening days portend The aged year is near its end. Then doth thy sweet and quiet eye Look through its fringes to the sky, Blue — blue — as...

...springs unseen, O'er 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...and shortening days portend The aged year is near its end. Then doth thy sweet and quiet eye Look through its fringes to the sky, Blue — blue— as...

...eolumbine*, in purple drest, Nod o'er the ground-bird's hidden ne<(. f Thou waitest late, and eom'st alone, When woods are bare and birds are flown, And...and shortening days portend The aged year is near its end. Then doth thy nreet and quiet eye Look through its fringes to the sky, Blue — blue— as...

...springs 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...and shortening days portend The aged year is near its end, Then doth thy sweet and quiet eye Look through its fringes to the sky, Blue — blue — as...

...springs unseen ; When columbines, in purple drestj Nod o'er the ground-bird's hidden nest : Thou waitest late and com'st alone, When woods are bare, and birds...are flown ; And frosts and shortening days portend Tin • aged year is near its end. Then doth thy sweet and quiet eye Look through its fringes to the...

...woods are bare and birds are Sown, And frosts and shortening days portend The aged year is near its end. " Then doth thy sweet and quiet eye Look through its fringes to the sky, Blue— blue—as if that sky let fall A flower from its cerulean wall. " I would that thus, when I shall see...