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A frenziedly leaping and mingling crowd;

Dancing; pursuing groups。



At high noon the trumpets peal;

Neptune's chariot passes by;

Trains of sirens; tritons; Trevi's jets heat

Then trumpets' echoes sigh。



Tolling bell and sunset;

Twittering birds and calm;

Medici's fountain; shimmering net;

Into the night brings balm。



JESSICA CARR







CRETONNE TROPICS



THE cretonne in your willow chair

Shows through a zone of rosy air;

A tree of parrots; agate…eyed;

With blue…green crests and plumes of pride

And beaks most formidably curved。

I hear the river; silver…nerved;

To their shrill protests make reply;

And the palm forest stir and sigh。



Curious; the spell that colors cast;

Binding the fancy coweb…fast;

And you would smile if you could know

I like your cretonne parrots so!

But I have seen them sail toward night

Superbly homeward; the last light

Lifting them like a purple sea

Scorned and made use of arrogantly;

And I have heard them cry aloud

》From out a tall palm's emerald cloud;

And I brought home a brilliant feather;

Lost like a flake of sunset weather。



Here in the north the sea is white

And mother…of…pearl in morning light;

Quite lovely; but there is a glare

That daunts me。

Now the willow chair

Suggests a more perplexing sea;

Till my heart aches with memory

And parrots dye the air around;

And I forget the pallid Sound。

GRACE HAZARD



TO HILDA OF HER ROSES



ENOUGH has been said about roses

To fill thirty thick volumes;

There are as many songs about roses

As there are roses in the world

That includes Mexico 。 。 。 the Azores 。。。 Oregon 。。。



It is a pity your roses

Are too late for Omar 。 。 。

It is a pity Keats has gone 。 。 。



Yet there must be something left to say

Of flowers like these!

Adventurers;

They pushed their way

Through dewy tunnels of the June night

Now they confer。。。。。

A little tremulous。。。。。

Dazzled by the yellow sea…beach of morning



If Herrick would tiptoe back 。 。 。

If Blake were to look this way

Ledwidge; even!



GRACE HAZARD CONKLING





DANDELION



LITTLE soldier with the golden helmet;

O What are you guarding on my lawn?

You with your green gun

And your yellow beard;

Why do you stand so stiff?

There is only the grass to fight!



HILDA CONKLING





RED ROOSTER



RED ROOSTER in your gray coop;

O stately creature with tail…feathers red and

blue;

Yellow and black;

You have a comb gay as a parade

On your head:

You have pearl trinkets

On your feet:

The short feathers smooth along your back

Are the dark color of wet rocks;

Or the rippled green of ships

When I look at their sides through water。

I don't know how you happened to be made

So proud; so foolish;

Wearing your coat of many colors;

Shouting all day long your crooked words;

Loud 。 。 。 sharp 。 。 。 not beautiful!



HILDA CONKLING





VELVETS

(BY A BED OF PANSIES)



THIS pansy has a thinking face

Like the yellow moon。

This one has a face with white blots;

I call him the clown。

Here goes one down the grass

With a pretty look of plumpness;

She is a little girl going to school

With her hands in the pockets of her pinafore。

Her name is Sue。

I like this one; in a bonnet;

Waiting;

Her eyes are so deep!

But these on the other side;

These that wear purple and blue;

They are the Velvets;

The king with his cloak;

The queen with her gown;

The prince with his feather。

These are dark and quiet

And stay alone。

I know you; Velvets;

Color of Dark;

Like the pine…tree on the hill

When stars shine!



HILDA CONKLING





THE MOODS



THE Moods have laid their hands across my hair:

The Moods have drawn their fingers through my heart;

My hair shall never more lie smooth and bright;

But stir like tide…worn sea…weed; and my heart

Shall never more be glad of small sweet things;…

A wild rose; or a crescent moon;…a book

Of little verses; or a dancing child。

My heart turns crying from the rose and book;

My heart turns crying from the thin bright moon;

And weeps with useless sorrow for the child。

The Moods have loosed a wind to vex my hair;

And made my heart too wise; that was a child。



Now I shall blow like smitten candle…flame:

I shall desire all things that may not be:

The years; the stars; the souls of ancient men;

All tears that must; and smiles that may not be;

Yes; glimmering lights across a windy ford;

And vagrant voices on a darkened plain;

And holy things; and outcast things; and things;

Far too remote; frail…bodied to be plain。



My pity and my joy are grown alike。

I cannot sweep the strangeness from my heart。

The Moods have laid swift hands across my hair:

The Moods have drawn swift fingers through my heart。

FANNIE STEARNS DAVIS







HILL…FANTASY



SITTETH by the red cairn a brown One; a

hoofed One;

High upon the mountain; where the grasses fail。

Where the ash…trees flourish far their blazing

Bunches to the sun;

A brown One; a hoofed One; pipes against the gale。

Up scrambled I then; furry fingers helping me。



I was on the mountain; wandering; wandering;

No one but the pine trees and the white birch knew。

Over rocks I scrambled; looked up and saw that

Strange Thing;

Peaked ears and sharp horns; pricked against the

blue。



Oh; and; how he piped there! piped upon the high

reeds

Till the blue air crackled like a frost…film on a pool!

Oh; and how he spread himself; like a child whom

no one heeds;

Tumbled chuckling in the brook; all sleek and kind

and cool!



He had berries 'twixt his horns; crimson…red as

cochineal。;

Bobbing; wagging wantonly they tickled him; and oh;

How his deft lips puckered round the reed;

seemed to chase and steal

Sky…music; earth…music; tree…music low!

I said 〃Good…day; Thou!〃 He said; 〃Good…day;

Thou!〃

Wiped his reed against the spotted doe…skin on his back;

He said; 〃Come up here; and I will teach thee piping

now。

While the earth is singing so; for tunes we shall not

Lack。〃



Up scrambled I then; furry fingers helping me。

Up scrambled I。 So we sat beside the cairn。

Broad into my face laughed that horned Thing so

Naughtily。

Oh; it was a rascal of a woodland Satyr's bairn!



'So blow; and so; Thou! Move thy fingers faster; look!

Move them like the little leaves and whirling midges。

So!

Soon ‘twill twist like tendrils and out…twinkle like

the lost brook。

Move thy fingers merrily; and blow! Blow! Blow!〃



Brown One! Hoofed One! Beat time to keep me

Straight。

Kick it on the red stone; whistle in my ear。

Brush thy crimson berries in my face; then hold

Thy breath; for…wait!

Joy comes bubbling to me lips。 I pipe; oh; hear!



Blue sky; art glad of us? Green wood; art glad of

us?

Old hard…heart mountain; dost thou hear me; how

I blow?

Far away the sea…isles swim in sun…haze luminous。

Each one has a color like the seven…splendor bow。





Wind; wind; wind; dost thou mind me how I pipe;

Now?

Chipmunk chatt'ring in the beech; rabbit in the

brake?

Furry arm around my neck: 〃Oh; Thou art a brave

one; Thou!〃

Satyr; little satyr…friend; my heart with joy doth

ache !



Sky…music; earth…music; tree…music tremulous;

Water over steaming rocks; water in the shade;

Storm…tune and sun…tune; how they flock up unto us;

Sitting by the red cairn; gay and unafraid!



Brown One; Hoofed One; give me nimble hoofs;

Thou!

Give me furry fingers and a secret furry tail!

Pleasant are thy smooth horns: if their like were

on my brow

Might I not abide here; till the strong sun fail?



Oh; the sorry brown eyes!  Oh; the soft kind hand…

touch;

Sudden brush of velvet ears across my wind…cool

cheek!

〃Play…mate; Pipe…mate; thou askest one good boon

too much。

I could never find thee horns; though day…long

I seek。



〃Yet; keep the pipe; Thou: I w

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