13.2 SUMMER FLOWERS. 



trations of Summer Flowers which have been selected as exam- 

 ples of the much more comprehensive galaxy of beauties with 

 which field and wood is adorned at this flowery season. "Who 

 would not catch up the strain of CampbelPs pleasant song 

 with its love of Nature's wildings ? 



" Ye field-flowers ! the gardens eclipse you 'tis true, 

 Yet, wildings of nature, I dote upon you. 



For ye waft me to summers of old, 

 When the earth teemed around me with fairy delight, 

 And daisies and buttercups gladdened my sight. 



Like treasures of silver and gold. 



" Even now what afiections the violet awakes — 

 What loved httle island, twice seen in the lakes. 



Can the wild water lily restore ! 

 What landscapes I read in the primrose's looks ! 

 What pictures of pebbles and minnowy brooks 



In the vetches that tangle the shore !" 



We may, however, add in the words of another poet — 



*' Who loves not Summer's splendid reign, 

 The bridal of the earth and main ? 

 Yet who would choose, however bright, 

 A dog-day noon without a night ?' ^— Mont^omeri/. 



So pass we on to the blossoms and the fruits of Autumn, 

 pausing by the way to make record in a summary form, of 

 those of the Summer season. 



