WAYLAYING THE DAWN 



other is wild and unkempt. The rasp- 

 berry and blackberry tangle catches you 

 by the leg if you enter, as if to hold you 

 until birch and alder, cedar and sassa- 

 fras, look you over and decide whether 

 or not you are of their lodge. If you 

 give them the right grip you may pass. 

 If not, you will be well switched and 

 scratched before you are allowed to 

 go on. 



Here the wild grape climbs unpruned 

 from wall to cedar, from cedar to birch 

 and from birch to oak, whence it sends 

 its witching fragrance far on the morn- 

 ing air. You may stalk a wild grape 

 in bloom a mile by the scent and be well 

 rewarded by finding the very place 

 where the air tingles with it. 



This lane is wild, and the wild things 

 of the woods that come on fleet wing 

 and nimble foot frequent it. You may 

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