From Nature's solemn altar-stair.

Edinburgh, 1877.

  SONGS OUT OF DOORS LATER POEMS

  WHEN TULIPS BLOOM

I

 When tulips bloom in Union Square, And timid breaths of vernal air Go wandering down the dusty town, Like children lost in Vanity Fair;

When tulips bloom in Union Square,

And timid breaths of vernal air

Go wandering down the dusty town,

Like children lost in Vanity Fair;

 When every long, unlovely row Of westward houses stands aglow, And leads the eyes to sunset skies Beyond the hills where green trees grow;

When every long, unlovely row

Of westward houses stands aglow,

And leads the eyes to sunset skies

Beyond the hills where green trees grow;

 Then weary seems the street parade, And weary books, and weary trade: I'm only wishing to go a-fishing; For this the month of May was made.

Then weary seems the street parade,

And weary books, and weary trade:

I'm only wishing to go a-fishing;

For this the month of May was made.

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