| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1414. The Beds of Fleur-de-Lys |
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| HIGH-LYING, sea-blown stretches of green turf, | |
| Wind-bitten close, salt-colored by the sea, | |
| Low curve on curve spread far to the cool sky, | |
| And, curving over them as long they lie, | |
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| Wide-flowing, self-sown, stealing near and far, | |
| Breaking the green like islands in the sea; | |
| Great stretches at your feet, and spots that bend | |
| Dwindling over the horizon’s end,— | |
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| The light keen wind streams on across the lifts, | |
| Their wind of western springtime by the sea; | |
| The close turf smiles unmoved, but over her | |
| Is the far-flying rustle and sweet stir | |
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| And here and there across the smooth, low grass | |
| Tall maidens wander, thinking of the sea; | |
| And bend, and bend, with light robes blown aside, | |
| For the blue lily-flowers that bloom so wide,— | |
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