The Charm of Color 251 



an inspiring color, and light green a clean color; 

 every one knows the influence of bright red upon 

 many animals and birds ; it is said all barnyard 

 fowl are affected by it. If any one can see a sunny 

 bed of blue Larkspur in full bloom without being 

 moved thereby, he must be color blind and sound 

 deaf as well, for that indeed is a sight full of music 

 and noble inspiration, a realization of Keats' beau- 

 tiful thought : 



" Delicious symphonies, like airy flowers 

 Budded, and swell'd, and full-blown, shed full showers 

 Of light, soft unseen leaves of sound divine." 



