Poems (Bradford)/In michigan

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4530639Poems — In michiganBernice Margaret Bradford

IN MICHIGAN.
'Tis blowing time in Michigan;
The cherry blooms are white;
The peach tree blushes overhead;
The apple boughs are widely spread;
They thrill me with delight.

Tis growing time in Michigan
The trees are bending down
With purple plum and apple red;
The luscious pear hangs overhead;
The fields are turning brown.

'Tis snowing time in Michigan!
The roads are drifted deep;
While buried far beneath the snow
The seeds and blossoms down below
Lie locked in dreamless sleep.

O snowing, growing, blowing time,
I love you one and all!
The bright and lovely blow time,
The white and shining snow time,
The red and glowing fall!

But blowing, growing, snowing time,
I know not which is best!
The first is but the promise fair;
The second is the fruitage rare;
The last, the time of rest!