NOTES
Gloucester town: Gloucester is a seaport town in Massachusetts, the chief seat of the cod and mackerel fisheries of the coast.
Jill-o'er-the-ground: Ground ivy; usually written Gill-over-the-ground.
Quaker-maid: Quaker ladies; small blue flowers growing low on the ground.
wax-red: The huckleberry blossom is red and waxy.