I.
My love went berrying
Where brooks were merrying
And wild wings ferrying
Heaven’s amethyst;
The wildflowers blessed her,
My dearest Hester,
The winds caressed her,
The sunbeams kissed.
II.
I followed, carrying
Her basket; varying
Fond hopes of marrying
With hopes denied;
Both late and early
She deemed me surly,
And bowed her curly
Fair head and sighed:
III.
“The skies look lowery;
It will he showery;
No longer flowery
The way I find.
No use in going.
‘T will soon be snowing
If you keep growing
Much more unkind.”
IV.
Then looked up tearfully.
And I, all fearfully,
Replied, “My dear, fully
Will I explain:
I love you dearly,
But look not cheerly
Since all says clearly
I love in vain.”
V.
Then smiled she airily;
And answered merrily
With words that–verily
Made me decide:
And drawing tow’rd her,
I there implored her–
I who adored her–
To be my bride.
VI.
O sweet simplicity
Of young rusticity,
Without duplicity,
Whom love made know,
That hearts in meter
Make earth completer;
And kisses, sweeter
Than–berries grow.
(Madison Julius Cawein)
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