I <br /> <br />A wide-spring meadow in a rosy dawn <br />Bedropt with virgin buds; an orient sky <br />Fleeced with a dappled cloud but half withdrawn; <br />A mad wind blowing by, <br />O'er slopes of rippling grass and glens apart; <br />A brackened path to a wild-woodland place <br />A limpid pool with a fair, laughing face <br />Mirrored within its heart. <br /> <br /> <br />II <br /> <br />An ancient garden brimmed with summer sun <br />Upon a still and slumberous afternoon; <br />Old walks and pleasances with shadows spun <br />Where honeyed odors swoon; <br />A velvet turf with blossoms garlanded; <br />A hedge of Mary-lilies white and tall; <br />And, shining out against a lichened wall, <br />A stately-golden head. <br /> <br /> <br />III <br /> <br />An autumn hilltop in the sunset hue, <br />Pine boughs uptossed against the crystal west, <br />And, girdled with the twilight dim and blue, <br />A valley peace-possessed; <br />A high-sprung heaven stained with colors rare, <br />A sheen of moonrise on the sea afar, <br />And, bright and soft as any glimmering star, <br />Eyes holy as a prayer.<br /><br />Lucy Maud Montgomery<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/memory-pictures/
