The Flowers by Robert Louis Stevenson
All the names I know from nurse:
Gardener's garters, Shepherd's purse,
Bachelor's buttons, Lady's smock,
And the Lady Hollyhock.
Gardener's garters, Shepherd's purse,
Bachelor's buttons, Lady's smock,
And the Lady Hollyhock.
Fairy places, fairy things,
Fairy woods where the wild bee wings,
Tiny trees for tiny dames--
These must all be fairy names!
Fairy woods where the wild bee wings,
Tiny trees for tiny dames--
These must all be fairy names!
Tiny woods below whose boughs
Shady fairies weave a house;
Tiny tree-tops, rose or thyme,
Where the braver fairies climb!
Shady fairies weave a house;
Tiny tree-tops, rose or thyme,
Where the braver fairies climb!
Fair are grown-up people's trees,
But the fairest woods are these;
Where, if I were not so tall,
I should live for good and all.
Where, if I were not so tall,
I should live for good and all.
I love the poetry of Robert Lewis Stevenson. I had the book "A Child's Garden of Verse" when I was a small child. Some of them were melancholy, but I sure enjoyed them.
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Joan
We had that book too, it was a great and I loved his short stories! Have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteMy husband and I like Ernest Henley. It's a bit of a shame that Timothy McVeigh recited Henley's "Invictus" before dying though. Nice to find you through VoiceBoks:)
ReplyDelete~Courtney
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Lovely! What beautiful photos, thanks for such a treat!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you came by Courtney. You're right it is a shame for such a man to have used that great poem.
ReplyDeleteThank you Kathy I'm glad you enjoyed them. The rose bushes in the back yard are exploding with blooms.
I love poetry too, Yours is beautiful. The only poet that comes to mind is Helen Steiner Rice at least I think she was a poet, I read some by her if I have the name right but I've not read a lot of poetry. I love your photos, how gorgeous. Perfect timing with the sun as a backdrop.
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