Rain and Roses

<h2><SPAN name="RAINBOW_RIBBONS" id="RAINBOW_RIBBONS"></SPAN>Rainbow Ribbons</h2> <div class="poetry"> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="ig"><span class="letra">B</span>RING me rainbow ribbons<br/></span> <span class="ih">And a band of blue,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Bring me threads of silver<br/></span> <span class="i0">From the moonbeams’ hue.<br/></span> <span class="i0">Bring a pure cloud fleecy,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Snatch a sunbeam bright,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Tints from twilight evenings,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Matchless and just right,<br/></span> <span class="i0">To mate with all her beauty.<br/></span> <span class="i0">These amassed will make the dreams<br/></span> <span class="i0">Tender, pure and holy<br/></span> <span class="i0">Of a girl just turned thirteen.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Bring me rainbow ribbons<br/></span> <span class="i0">From the sunset too<br/></span> <span class="i0">Then a white tho’t from the angels<br/></span> <span class="i0">Who are holding hands with you.<br/></span> <span class="i0">Bring the rosebud’s fragrance<br/></span> <span class="i0">And the apple blossom’s bloom<br/></span> <span class="i0">The hushed voice from the morning<br/></span> <span class="i0">Then leave a little room,<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page_29" id="page_29">{29}</SPAN></span><br/></span> <span class="i0">For a thousand transient colors<br/></span> <span class="i0">From a God’s infinite dream<br/></span> <span class="i0">And you’ll have the soul and fancies<br/></span> <span class="i0">Of a girl just turned thirteen.<br/></span> <span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page_30" id="page_30">{30}</SPAN></span></div> </div></div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />