...cause of all the clouds and the storms. Let us listen while Aldrich tells us this truth : — " We knew it would rain, for all the morn A spirit on slender ropes of mis; Was low'ring its golden buckets down Into the vapory amethyst "Of marshes and swamps and dismal...

...by and by. All but the " buckets " is very fanciful in the following lines : 682 A CLOVER FIELD. We knew it would rain, for all the morn, A spirit on...sea, To sprinkle them over the land in showers. WE have been wayfarers, passing windward of a vast cloverfield in richest bloom. Our peering eyes, jealous...

...Thanks to the gracious God of heaven, Which sent this summer day ! ALEXANDER HUME. BEFORE THE RAIN. WE s o' life shall run. And fare thee weel, my only Luve...And fare thee weel awhile ! And I will come again, m luto the vapory amethyst Of marshes and swamps and dismal fens, — Scooping the dew that lay in the...

...and other poems ; also The Story of a Bad Boy, Marjorie Daw and Other People and Prudence Palfrey. We knew it would rain, for all the morn A spirit on slender...swamps and dismal fens ; Scooping the dew that lay in flowers, Dipping the jewels out of the sea, To scatter them over the land in showers. Before the Rain,...

...nestlings be: are sent, The only home for me— Ah me! THOMAS BAILEY ALDEICH. [USA] BEFORE THE RAIN. WE knew it would rain, for all the morn, A spirit on...down Into the vapory amethyst Of marshes and swamps an d dismal fens, — Scooping the dew that lay in the flowers, Dipping the jewels out of the sea,...

...92 УЗ GLIMPSES OF NATUREBEFORE THE RAIN. knew it would rain, for all the morn A spirit ou sleuder ropes of mist Was lowering its golden buckets down Into the vapory amethyst Of marshes and swamps ¡md dismal fens — Scooping the dew that lay in the flowers. Dipping the jewels out of the sea, To...

...What are more full of imagination than "Before the Rain" and "The Bluebells of New England"?— " We knew it would rain, for all the morn A spirit on slender...the sea, To sprinkle them over the land in showers. "To you, fair phantoms in the sun, Whom merry Spring discovers, With bluebirds for your laureates,...

...duty ; do the right ; Then blow bubbles fairy-light, SPELLING AND LANQUAQK. Lesson 96. Dictation. We knew it would rain, for, all the morn, A spirit, on...marshes and swamps and dismal fens, — Scooping the jewels out of the sea To sprinkle them over the land in showers. Lesson M. Lesson M. faith a byss bal...

...thoughts are sent, The only home for me — Ah me! THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH. [USA] BEFORE THE RAIN. WE knew it would rain, for all the morn, A spirit on...down Into the vapory amethyst Of marshes and swamps an d dismal fens, — Scooping the dew that lay in the flowers, Dipping the jewels out of the sea,...

...are sent, The only home for me — Ah me! THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH. fU. s. Al BEFORE THE RAIN. WE knnw it would rain, for all the morn, A spirit on slender...buckets down Into the vapory amethyst Of marshes and swam ps and dismal fens, — Si -ooping the dew that lay in theflowers, Dipping the jewels out of the...