Nature-notes and impressions : in prose and verse / by Madison Cawein [electronic text]

The hairy stems of the hepatica, Beneath the wahoo-bush and leafing haw, Nod delicate as the heads of elfin maids Of fairy tales who haunt the forest glades;

And bluets, like a Naiad's eyes adream, Assert their azure by the woodland stream; And, where the wind-flower braved the winds of March, The poppy lights its golden torch.

Come dance, come flaunt yourselves, ye wild little wind-flowers of March! And, poppies, come light their way with the hollow gold of your torch!