Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE RETURN OF THE FLOWERS, by AUGUSTUS WATTERS


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THE RETURN OF THE FLOWERS, by                    
First Line: Oh, dainty baby foresters
Last Line: And only love shall live.
Subject(s): Flowers


Oh, dainty baby foresters,
That hide in silent nooks,
That linger by the cowpaths
And peep into the brooks,
Your dimples bring me back again
The merry days of old,
When every field was fairyland
And buttercups were gold!
Mid sodden leaves and nodding ferns
The little hermits rise
And by the wounded maple-trees
Unveil their timid eyes.
Anon the wilding rose will come
To make the desert bloom,
And bend above the mossy bank
Where silver ripples croon;
And crocuses, with cups of gold,
On sunny knolls be seen,
And dandelions, like little suns,
Shine out amid the green.
Again the daisy's snowy sail
Will gild the grassy seas,
Again a thousand tiny masts
Bend low before the breeze,
And fleets of roving butterflies,
In plumes and painted wings,
Will sail o'er leafy palaces
Wherein the robin sings.
Tho' years have sped since bird and flower
Filled meadows with delight,
And many a sunset-tinted dream
Has faded into night,
Still do I hail with boyish love
The glory of the trees --
Still marvel at the linnet's song,
The wisdom of the bees.
In every waking bud is seen
Hope's everlasting ray,
Prophetic elves that linger still
In life's embattled way;
That whisper of a paradise
The toiling years shall give
When grief and hate and war shall die,
And only love shall live.





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