132 WILD FLOWERS OF SCOTLAND 



deck themselves with colours suited to each com- 

 plexion. 



" A pppy for y u > and a g wan for 



And 



little cloud comes 

 across the sun, 

 and a shadow 

 falls through 

 the air, and 

 a gentle 

 breeze 

 chases 

 over the 

 field, and 

 the heads 

 of corn 

 bend down 

 as if to listen 

 o the converse .of 

 the maidens. 



" And a blawort for 

 you." 



Attracted, it may be, by the 

 murmur, some outsiders of the 

 great flocks of linnets and greenfinches feeding on 

 the grain come to the edge of the field, and bend 

 the stalks still further that they too may hear. 



