Excerpt from Gleanings
Proem
In hours of idleness,
And happy interludes
Of Life's more serious stress,
And weary work-day moods,
'Mid books, on mountain way,
In sea-girt solitudes,
I gathered, day by day,
Unvalued, unperceived,
Trifles that tempting lay,
Shell-petalled, seaweed-leaved,
Odd store of memories,
Where I had loved or grieved.
Gray moths or butterflies
With heedless hand I took,
And, were it weak or wise,
Pressed ...
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