To the Fringed Gentian
William Cullen Bryant
1794 to 1878
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Thou blossom bright with autumn dew,
And colored with ______ heaven’s own blue,
That openest when the quiet light
______ the keen and frosty night.
Thou comest not when ______ lean
O’er wandering brooks and springs unseen,
Or columbines, ______ purple dressed,
Nod o’er the ground-bird’s hidden nest.
Thou ______ late and com’st alone,
When woods are bare and ______ are flown,
And frosts and shortening days portend
The ______ year is near his end.
Then doth thy sweet ______ quiet eye
Look through its fringes to the sky,
Blue-blue-as if that sky let fall
A flower from its ______ wall.
I would that thus, when I shall see
______ hour of death draw near to me,
Hope, blossoming ______ my heart,
May look to heaven as I depart.