348 MY COUNTRY WANDERINGS 



Where waving plumes of dainty Meadow Sweet 

 Bend stately to the Summer breeze, 

 Where grows the graceful Wild Heart's-ease, 



And gay Convolvulus twines round your feet. 



The high Hedgerows and Bramble-covered bank 



With Canker-roses, red and white. 



And Honeysuckle bloom are bright. 

 While round the pond grow Rushes tall and dank. 



The prim Harebell and Dandelion gay 



Are there, with " Bird's-eyes " gauzy-blue 

 And the humble " Buckle-my-shoe," 



And bright-winged Moths flit through the Summer day. 



Where every step is bathed in gorgeous hues. 

 And all around the air is filled 

 With song, and sweet perfume, distilled 



From Thyme-clad banks in early morning dews. 



'Tis there I love, beneath a shady Oak, 



To lay me down and try to read. 



From natives of this flowery mead. 

 The secrets written there in Nature's book 



