FAR AND NEAR 



the com is glazing in the field; the oats are ripe 

 for the cradle; grasshoppers poise and shuffle above 

 the dry road; yellow butterflies mount upward face 

 to face ; thistledown drifts by on the breeze ; a 

 sparrow sings fitfully now and then; dusty wheelmen 

 go by on their summer vacation tours ; boats ap- 

 pear upon the river loaded with gay excursionists, 

 and on every hand the stress and urge of life have 

 abated. 



