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Quotes by Celia Thaxter
Sand-Piper. Across the narrow beach we flit, One little sand-piper and I; And fast I gather, bit by bit, The scattered drift-wood, bleached and dry. The wild waves reach their hands for it, The wild wind raves, the tide runs high, As up and down the beach we flit, One little sand-piper and I.— filed under Birds-Sea Bird
The swallow twitters about the eaves; Blithely she sings, and sweet, and clear; Around her climb the woodbine leaves In a golden atmosphere.— filed under Birds-Swallow
Yellow-Bird. Yellow-bird, where did you learn that song, Perched on the trellis where grape-vines clamber, In and out fluttering, all day long, With your golden breast bedropped with amber?— filed under Birthday
Dear little head, that lies in calm content Within the gracious hollow that God made In every human shoulder, where He meant Some tired head for comfort should be laid.— filed under Content
And buttercups are coming, And scarlet columbine, And in the sunny meadows The dandelions shine. S.— filed under Flirting
Graceful, tossing plume of glowing gold, Waving lonely on the rocky ledge; Leaning seaward, lovely to behold, Clinging to the high cliff's ragged edge. S.— filed under Flowers-Forget-Me-Not
Hill. Pimpernel. Anagallis Arvensis. The turf is warm beneath her feet, Bordering the beach of stone and shell, And thick about her path the sweet Red blossoms of the pimpernel.— filed under Flowers-Papaw