<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=354148" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Guests</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Sunflower tall and hollyhock, that wave in the <br>wind together,<br>Corn-flower, poppy, and marigold, blossoming<br>fair and fine,<br>Delicate sweet-peas, glowing bright in the quiet <br>autumn weather,<br>While over the fence, on fire with bloom,<br>climbs the nasturtium vine!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Quaint little wilderness of flowers, straggling <br>hither and thither -<br>morning-glories tangled about the larkspur<br>gone to seed,<br>Scarlet runners that burst all bounds, and wan- <br>der, heaven knows whither,<br>And lilac spikes of bergamot, as thick as any<br>weed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And oh, the bees and the butterflies, the hum- <br>ming-birds and sparrows,<br>That over the garden waver and chirp and<br>flutter the livelong day!<br>Humming-birds, that dart in the sun like green <br>and golden arrows,<br>Butterflies like loosened flowers blown off by <br>the wind in play.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Look at the red nasturtium flower, drooping, <br>bending, and swaying;<br>Out the gold-banded humble-bee breaks and<br>goes booming anew!<br>Hark, what the sweet-voiced fledgling sparrows <br>low to themselves are saying,<br>Pecking my golden oats where the corn-flowers <br>gleam so blue!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Welcome, a thousand times welcome, ye dear <br>and delicate neighbors -<br>Bird and bee and butterfly, and humming-bird<br>fairy fine!<br>Proud am I to offer you a field for your grace- <br>ful labors;<br>All the honey and all the seeds are yours in<br>this garden of mine.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I sit on the door-step and watch you. Beyond <br>lies the infinite ocean,<br>Sparkling, shimmering, whispering, rocking itself<br>to rest;<br>And the world is full of perfume and color and <br>beautiful motion,<br>And each new hour of this sweet day the<br>happiest seems and best.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Celia+Thaxter">Celia Thaxter</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=354148" data-title="Guests de Celia Thaxter" data-description="Sunflower tall and hollyhock, that wave in the wind together, Corn-flower, poppy, and marigold, blossoming fair and fine, Delicate sweet-peas, glowing bright in the quiet autumn weather, While over the fence, on fire with bloom, climbs the nastu..."></div> </div> </div>

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