Poem by Walter Learned

A Study from Nature

THe robin plucks the berry red,
And tastes its spicy flavor;
The dainty bee, the flowerlet wooes,
And sips its honeyed favor.

'Tis Nature's universal law
Her sweets should not be wasted.
If fruit and flower a lover find,
Should ripe lips pout untasted.

1. Humility
2. With a Spray of Apple Blossoms
3. Free
4. The Prime of Life
5. On the Fly-Leaf of a Book of Old Plays

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