And all their tangled stems the red

Sweet clover blossoms overspread.

Near by, through scented, leafy veils

Of wreathing vines, and dewy, dense

Green underwood, a brood of quails

Sped swiftly past the ragged rails

That tilted off a mossy fence;

And over it, on airy wing,

A robin paused in glad content

Where budding elder-bushes leant