Dandelions by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

Dandelions

Welcome children of the Spring
   In your garbs of green and gold
Lifting up your sun-crowned heads
   On the verdant plain and world
 
As a bright and joyous troop
   From the breast of earth ye came
Fair and lovely are your cheeks
   With sun-kisses all aflame
 
In the dusty streets and lanes
   Where the lowly children play
There as gentle friends ye smile
   Making brighter life’s highway
 
Dewdrops and the morning sun
   Weave your garments fair and bright
And we welcome you to-day
   As the children of the light
 
Children of the earth and sun
   We are slow to understand
All the richness of the gifts
   Flowing from our Father’s hand

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