No. 89.—AN ARBORET FROM THE POETS.
For Spring-time.
1.
"Swelled with new life the darkening —— on high
Prints her thick buds against the spotted sky."
2.
"On all her boughs the stately —— cleaves
The gummy shroud that wraps her embryo leaves."
3.
"Far away from their native air
The —— —— their green dress wear;
And —— swing their long, loose hair."
4.
"The —— spread their palms like holy men in prayer."
5.
"The wild —— —— waste their fragrant stores
In leafy islands walled with madrepores
And lapped in Orient seas,
When all their feathery palms toss, plume-like, in the breeze."
6.
"Give to Northern winds the —— —— on our banner's tattered field."
7.
"The —— dreamy Titans roused from sleep—
Answer with mighty voices, deep on deep
Of wakened foliage surging like a sea."
8.
"The —— ——, tall and bland,
The ancient ——, austere and grand."
9.
"The ——'s whistling lashes, wrung
By the wild winds of gusty March."
10.
"Take what she gives, her ——'s tall stem,
Her —— with hanging spray;
She wears her mountain diadem
Still in her own proud way."
11.
"Look on the forests' ancient kings,
The ——'s towering pride."
12.
"O —— ——. O —— ——!
How faithful are thy branches!
Green not alone in summer-time,
But in the winter's frost and rime!"
Fill blanks with names of trees, and give the authors.