The Press., 1889-09-05
GOING A Pio-NIcINa.
A journey through Morning-Land

GOING Pio-N1o1Na. A journey through Morning Land Sometime was made, Wading through sunshine
 And fording the shade. Sober Dame Clematis
 Saw them go by, ..# ., Spreading her wools to bleach,
 There where they lie She looked up but gravely,
 And sighed mild sigh, For pleasuring's plenty
 And wool, you know, high. But Thistle-down followed,
 Far out of sight, And Golden-rod nodded,
 And laughed, yes, outright! Baskets to right of them,
 Shyly concealed Baskets to left of them,
 Halfway revealed; Baskets in front of them,
 Brazen and bold, But every one of them
 Secrets untold. Oh, unsolved mystery,
 Hidden from sight In napkined sanctity,
 Sacred and white, Sent they no timid thought
 Towards thy retreat Dreamed they naught of sublime then Mused nothing of sweet? Pink ribbons a-shimmer.
 Some dwellings, may be, Of low morning cloud That dropped into the sea. They tangle the wind
 And they futter all day; What harm to be looking,
 It happens that way Bright eyes they were brightest, Lit and a-glow, And whose voice was sweetest,
 The listening winds know; For all day they carried
 And all day they brought The cadence of joy
 Or of testing they caught. Bushes impertinent
 Peaped in to stare; Bdshss fntoisfsnt - Beckoned ssYour farel' Tall bushes hrigand-like
 Stood in the way; Thick bushes curious Cr1ed to them ''Stay!" ~ t.. While bushes villainous Stood by to fout, . And bushes insolent
 To scoff at and scout. Aimed for by branch and twig, Jostled by rut and rock, .... Still rode the baskets safe Through every shock. s1n silence cathedral Waited the wood; Like it's saints and it's prophets
 The reverend pines stood. Stirless the shadows bowed,
 Nuns clad in grey Noiseless among them crept Sunbeams astray. But the leaf-satined floor
 Was rustling astir With heavier footballs
 Than light chestnut burr. Its shade was a-ficker
 With hue after hue, It's green aisles a-quiver
 With ringing sounds new; While gleeful, light laughter
 Struck every high rafter. While Squirrel peeped slyly i. And Rabbit breafhed low, -. While Cricket hid frightened
 And let his pipe go. And the timid young wood-bird Made wild haste away. A strange nest was builded,
 In skilful array Of dry twig and branchlet, t' Till out of it came r Fires eagle winged nestlings,
 The wild brood of flame. ... And she in philosophy s... More versed than pies, In books and in baking
 Unequally wise, Potatoes, not poets, [ Choosing her part; Codfsh, not custom, - Taking to heart; Heroic philanthropist,
 Fork in her hands, -5 7 There by the glowing coals, .> With high resolve stands Meandered the spider,
 Taking survey. -.--. '' Round river of table-cloth .. . Flowing away. Oh ,! then was unveiling VT VlCtOr1OuS 8rtB, ,..- Sonnets in sugar, ~'--' Sunset in tarts. .t tsF Foam-architecture, Sculpture in dough, Floury geology, ..t} Carvings in snow. Ohi we'll for the spider ,- To gaze long and deep, Oh well for some witness 2 Their record to keep; For like frost on the meadow, Like froth on the river, Like dew on the morning, They vanished-foreyer But the little brown tenants Of moss-thatch and stone From the crumbs of the feasting Could build for their own, When the shadows and silence Again fell a-calm, And the solemn low pines Chanted low vesper psalm