Illinois Verse/The Rock Garden—Summer
The Rock Garden—Summer
Out of the blaze of the sun into a flood of color.
Waves of red, purple and yellow break
On either side in which your vision swims
Delightedly!
Gorgeous pinnacles of bright pink and pure white flox
Rise from banks of green.,
And the gaze clings lingeringly to their lovely refuge.
Waves of red, purple and yellow break
On either side in which your vision swims
Delightedly!
Gorgeous pinnacles of bright pink and pure white flox
Rise from banks of green.,
And the gaze clings lingeringly to their lovely refuge.
Canterbury bells chime your beauty on the vibrant air
Across that white pool of rippling daisies.
Lilies, sway and dip your sweetness
In the many hued stream.
You defiant tiger-blossoms on the rocky ledge,
How fiercely you stare up into the sun,
Sucking its heat.
The golden glow of coreopsis sheds its beams
Upon all the palpitating, merging tones and shades
While beside a tiny rill,
Delicate and cool,
Forgetmenots spill
Their baby blue.
Across that white pool of rippling daisies.
Lilies, sway and dip your sweetness
In the many hued stream.
You defiant tiger-blossoms on the rocky ledge,
How fiercely you stare up into the sun,
Sucking its heat.
The golden glow of coreopsis sheds its beams
Upon all the palpitating, merging tones and shades
While beside a tiny rill,
Delicate and cool,
Forgetmenots spill
Their baby blue.