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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



BLISS CARMAN of New Canaan, Connecticut 



A shadowy highway cool and brown, 

 Alluring up and enticing down 



From rippled water to dappled swamp. 

 From purple glory to scarlet pomp ; 



The outward eye, the quiet will, 



And the striding heart from hill to hill ; 



The tempter apple over the fence ; 



The cobweb bloom on the yellow quince; 



The palish asters along the wood, — 

 A lyric touch of the solitude ; 



An open hand, an easy shoe, 



And a hope to make the day go through,- 



