Sunday, April 28, 2013

~A POEM FOR THE END OF APRIL

 
 
 
SWEET WILD APRIL
 
O sweet wild April
   Came over the hills,
He skipped with the winds
   And he tripped with the rills;
His raiment was all
   Of the daffodils
         Sing hi,
         Sing hey,
         Sing ho!
 
O sweet wild April
   Came down the lea,
Dancing along
   With his sisters three:
Carnation, and Rose,
   And tall Lily.
         Sing hi,
         Sing hey,
         Sing ho!
 
O sweet wild April,
   On pastoral quill
Came piping in moonlight
   By hollow and hill,
In starlight at midnight,
   By dingle and rill.
         Sing hi,
         Sing hey,
         Sing ho!
 
Where sweet wild April
   His melody played,
Trooped cowslip, and primrose,
   And iris, the maid,
And silver narcissus,
   A star in the shade.
         Sing hi,
         Sing hey,
         Sing ho!
 
When sweet wild April
   Dipped down the dale,
Pale cuckoopint brightened,
   And windflower frail,
And white-thorn, the wood-bride,
   In virginal veil.
         Sing hi,
         Sing hey,
         Sing ho!
 
When sweet wild April
   Through deep woods pressed,
Sang cuckoo above him,
   And lark on his crest,
And Philomel fluttered
   Close under his breast.
         Sing hi,
         Sing hey,
         Sing ho!
 
O sweet wild April,
   Wherever you went
The bondage of winter
   Was broken and rent,
Sank elfin ice-city
   And frost-goblin's tent.
         Sing hi,
         Sing hey,
         Sing ho!
 
Yet sweet wild April,
   The blithe, the brave,
Fell asleep in the fields
   By a windless wave
And Jack-in-the-Pulpit
   Preached over his grave.
         Sing hi,
         Sing hey,
         Sing ho!
 
O sweet wild April,
   Farewell to thee!
And a deep sweet sleep
   To thy sisters three,--
Carnation, and Rose,
   And tall Lily.
         Sing hi,
         Sing hey,
         Sing ho!
 
*Image reblogged from tumblr
 
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Saturday, April 27, 2013

~QUOTE FOR THE DAY


 
"Find the seed at the bottom of your heart
and bring forth a flower."
~Shigenori Kameoka~
 
*Image reblogged from tumblr
 
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Sunday, April 14, 2013

~QUOTE FOR THE DAY


 
 
 
 
 
"Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come."
~ A Chinese Proverb ~

 
 
 
*All images reblogged from tumblr :)
 
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Monday, April 1, 2013

~ROSE-Y LEG WARMERS (AND AN EASTER BUNNY TO BOOT!)


I'm so jealous!  Do these come in adult sizes?


 
 
 
 
 
 
This lilliputian legwear is by Huggalugs and can be purchased here:
 
 
 
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Aaand, I suppose that leads us to our word of the day!
 
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