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A poem by E. Pauline Johnson |
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Thistle-Down |
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Title: Thistle-Down Author: E. Pauline Johnson [More Titles by Johnson] Beyond a ridge of pine with russet tips Her blushes stain with gold and garnet dye Like floods of wine the waters filter through I beach the bow where sands in shadows lie; Upwinds your pathway through the yellow plumes And o'er its tossing sprays you toss a kiss; The idle paddle you so lately held, Some thistles purpling into violet, And like a cobweb, shadowy and grey, [The end] GO TO TOP OF SCREEN |