TO ELLEN.
145
Hark to the winning sound!
They summon thee, dearest,—
Saying, 'We have dressed for thee the ground,
Nor yet thou appearest.
'O hasten; 'tis our time,
Ere yet the red Summer
Scorch our delicate prime,
Loved of bee,—the tawny hummer.
'O pride of thy race!
Sad, in sooth, it were to ours,
If our brief tribe miss thy face,
We poor New England flowers.
'Fairest, choose the fairest members
Of our lithe society;
June's glories and September's
Show our love and piety.
'Thou shalt command us all,—
April's cowslip, summer's clover,
