From the field by the river’s brink,

Where violets hid his nest,

Soars high with a canticle of the blest

The jubilant bobolink.

—FRANCES L. MACE.

Open wide the windows—

The green hills are in sight,

Winds are whispering, “Violets!”

And—there’s a daisy white,

And the great sun says, “Good morning!”