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He put his acorn-helmet on; It was plum'd of the silk of the thistle down; The corselet plate, that guarded his breast, Was once the wild bees' golden vest; His cloak, of a thousand mingled dyes, Was form'd of the wings of butterflies; His shield was the shell of a lady-bug queen, Studs of gold on a ground of green; And the quivering lance which he brandish'd bright, Was the sting of a wasp he had slain in fight. - [Fairies] Her mantle was the purple roll'd At twilight in the west afar; 'Twas tied with threads of dawning gold And button'd with a sparkling star. - [Fairies] O, pleasant is the welcome kiss When day's dull round is o'er; And sweet the music of the step That meets us at the door. - [Music] The palace of the sylphid queen-- Its spiral columns, gleaming bright, Were streamers of the northern light; Its curtain's light and lovely flush Was of the morning's rosy blush; And the ceiling fair that rose aboon, The white and feathery fleece of noon. - [Fairies] Their harps are of the amber shade, That hides the blush of waking day, And every gleamy string is made Of silvery moonshine's lengthen'd ray. - [Fairies] Their little minim forms arrayed in all the tricksy pomp of fairy pride. - [Fairies] Yet I will look upon thy face again, My own romantic Bronx, and it will be A face more pleasant than the face of men. Thy waves are old companions, I shall see A well remembered form in each old tree And hear a voice long loved in thy wild minstrelsy. - Bronx [Bronx River : Rivers] When Freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there. - The Croakers--The American Flag (st. 1) [Flags] Flag of the free heart's hope and home! By angel hands to valour given, Thy stars have lit the welkin dome; And all thy hues were born in heaven. - The Croakers--The American Flag (st. 5) [Flags]
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