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Gay hollyhocks with flaming bells And waving plumes, as gently swells The breeze upon the Summer air, You bind me still with magic spells When to the wind, in grave farewells, You bow in all your graces fair. You bring me back the childhood view, Where arching skies and deepest blue Stretch on in endless lengths above; To see you so awakes anew Long past emotions, from which grew My wild and first heart-throbs of love. There is in all your brilliant dyes, Your gorgeousness and azure skies, A joy like soothing summer rain; Yet in the scene there vaguely lies A something half akin to sighs, Along the borderland of pain.

Sewanee Hills of dear delight, Prompting my dreams that used to be, I know you are waiting me still to-night By the Unika Range of Tennessee. The blinking stars in endless space, The broad moonlight and silvery gleams, To-night caress your wind-swept face, And fold you in a thousand dreams.