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Isdw d wondrous field of blue 

 The hue of Canterbury bells* 

 JOr larkspur blowing in the breeze 

 Or blue-bells deep in dewy dells 

 t saw a host of milky stars 

 That shone and twinkled big and bright 

 And dazzled me with radiance 

 Vtidimtned by cloud or mist of night. 



t saw a blaze of scarlet flowers 

 The proud poinsettias vivid red 

 Or iultps flaming in the sun 

 Or poppies to the mornmg spread. 

 With rows of stately lilies white 

 As snows upon a mountain crag 

 And 1 saluted as I gazed 

 For I was looking at the Flag. 



MINNA tRVINO 



BY THB COURTESY OP THE NEW YORK SUM 



III 



