Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894 · Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin & co. · leaf 118
ghtful it is to lie here and rest and realize allthis beauty and rejoice in all its joy! The dis-tant coast-line is dim in soft mirage. Half lost in the liquid azure bloom of a crescent of sea.The silent, sapphire-spangled, marriage-ring of the land. It lies so lovely, far away! At its edge… … AN ISLAND GARDEN 75 farther out there is a soft wind blowing; httlefishing-boats with their sails furled lie at anchorbetween us and the land, faintly outlined againstthe delicate tone of the water. All is so still! Ihear a bee go blundering into the Bachelors But-tons that hold up their flowers to…
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