ST. NICHOLAS
Vol. XL
SEPTEMBER, 1913
No. 11
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RAINBOW COLORS
BY MABEL LIVINGSTON FRANK
Red makes me think of apples bright All shining in the morning light, Of poppies nodding in the breeze, And cherries on the cherry-trees; But Orange comes with autumn days, With goldenrod and aster sprays; It makes me think of harvest skies, And pantries filled with pumpkin-pies. Bright Yellow makes me think of gold, The shining stars the clouds unfold, The sun wrapped up in summer haze, And all the dandelion days. |
Green is the color I love best, Because it shades the sparrow’s nest: It shelters all the woodlands fair, And little children playing there. Blue makes me think of bending skies, And gentians with their fast-closed eyes; Of bluets where the river flows, And all my baby-ribbon bows. But Violet is soft and dim, And solemn as an evening hymn; And Grandma loves it best, I know, Of all the colors in the Bow. |
Copyright 1913, by The Century Co. All rights reserved.
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