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Tue, Mar 29, 11 at 4:39
| FLOWER god, god of the spring, beautiful, bountiful,
Cold-dyed shield in the sky, lover of versicles, Here I wander in April Cold, grey-headed; and still to my Heart, Spring comes with a bound, Spring the deliverer, Spring, song-leader in woods, chorally resonant; Spring, flower-planter in meadows, Child-conductor in willowy Fields deep dotted with bloom, daisies and crocuses: Here that child from his heart drinks of eternity: O child, happy are children! She still smiles on their innocence, She, dear mother in God, fostering violets, Fills earth full of her scents, voices and violins: Thus one cunning in music Wakes old chords in the memory: Thus fair earth in the Spring leads her performances. One more touch of the bow, smell of the virginal Green - one more, and my bosom Feels new life with an ecstasy Flower God, God Of The Spring by Robert Louis Stevenson |
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- Posted by oscarthecat z7MD (My Page) on Tue, Mar 29, 11 at 7:49
| Powerful stuff from Robert Louis. Author of my childhood. Steve in Baltimore County. |
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| Good one, ej...thank you! One more touch of spring----got into poison ivy already! |
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| Beautiful tribute to Mother Earth and to spring. KJ - poison ivy already? My poison oak is just barely budding - ;) |
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- Posted by anneliese_32 6 (My Page) on Tue, Mar 29, 11 at 11:31
| Lovely. My spring is more prosaic, I got my first tick bite! |
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- Posted by west_gardener (My Page) on Wed, Mar 30, 11 at 20:08
| Luv the poem, but also keep in mind about other spring lovers. I saw a wasp today and was reminded, from past experience, that they build their nests under my eaves in the spring. The poison oak is leafing out and it reminds me about the ditty :"Leaves of three, beware of me". The brown apple moth will lay their eggs in just about every apple on our trees. But spring is spring, a new beginning. |
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