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Show MAXINKUCKEE. James Whltcomb Riley. The preen below and the blue above : The waves caressing the shores they love; Satis In haven, and salla afar And faint as the waterllltes are In inlets h umted of willow wands, Listless rowers, and railing hands Wiih spray to Rem them and tan to glove. The given below and the blue above. The blue above and the (jreen below I Would that the world wera always so! Always summer, and warmth, and llsrht. With mirth aud melody day and nlitht I Birds lu the honeha of the beckoning trees. Chirr of locust i, and whiffs of breeje World-old-roses that bud and blow. The green below and the blue above ! Heigh ! young hearts and the hopes thereof I Kate In the hammock, and Tom sprawled on The sward like a lovers' -picture, drawn Hy the lucky dog himself, with Kate To moon o'er his shoulder and meditate On a fate old purse or a lank young Love. The green below and the blue above ! The blue above and the green below ! Shadow and sunshine to aud fro. Season for dreams whate'er befall Hero, heroine, hearts and all ! Wave or wildwood the blithe birds sings, And the le at hid locust whets his wings-Just wings-Just as a thousand years ago The blu ahova and the green below. |