Hilda Conkling Poems

Little mouse in gray velvet,
Have you had a cheese-breakfast?
There are no crumbs on your coat,
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When I slept, I thought I was upon the mountain-tops,
and this is my dream.
I saw the little people come out into the night,
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ONCE upon a time at evening-light
A little girl was sad.
There was a color in the sky,
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love daffodils.
I love Narcissus when he bends his head.
I can hardly keep March and spring and Sunday and daffodils
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I was bare as a leaf
and I felt the wind on my shoulder.
The trees laughed
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THE butterfly swings over the violet
That stands by the water,
In the garden that sings
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I went slowly through the wood of shadows,
Thinking always I should meet some one:
There was no one.
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Eagles were flying over the sky
And mermaids danced in the gold waters.
Eagles were calling over the sky
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Sun-flowers, stop growing!
If you touch the sky where those clouds are passing
Like tufts of dandelion gone to seed,
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Little soldier with the golden helmet,
What are you guarding on my lawn?
You with your green gun
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