Anthology of Massachusetts Poets

<h2><SPAN name="chap26"></SPAN>VELVETS<br/> (BY A BED OF PANSIES)</h2> <p class="poem"> This pansy has a thinking face<br/> Like the yellow moon.<br/> This one has a face with white blots;<br/> I call him the clown.<br/> Here goes one down the grass<br/> With a pretty look of plumpness;<br/> She is a little girl going to school<br/> With her hands in the pockets of her pinafore.<br/> Her name is Sue.<br/> I like this one, in a bonnet,<br/> Waiting,<br/> Her eyes are so deep!<br/> But these on the other side,<br/> These that wear purple and blue,<br/> They are the Velvets,<br/> The king with his cloak,<br/> The queen with her gown,<br/> The prince with his feather.<br/> These are dark and quiet<br/> And stay alone.<br/> I know you, Velvets,<br/> Color of Dark,<br/> Like the pine-tree on the hill<br/> When stars shine!<br/></p> <p class="left"> HILDA CONKLING</p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />