It was the Rainbow gave thee birth,
And left thee all her lovely hues;
And, as her mother’s name was Tears,
So runs it in my blood to choose
For haunts the lonely pools, and keep
In company with trees that weep.
Go you and, with such glorious hues,
Live with proud peacocks in green parks;
On lawns as smooth as shining glass,
Let every feather show its marks;
Get thee on boughs and clap thy wings
Before the windows of proud kings.
Nay, lovely Bird, thou art not vain;
Thou hast no proud, ambitious mind;
I also love a quiet place
That’s green, away from all mankind;
A lonely pool, and let a tree
Sigh with her bosom over me.
Illustrated Country Diary 
I admire your work! I’m tying to get wordpress to deliver your posts to my inbox… 🙂
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Not very good on the technical stuff…. just click follow??? Thanks for dropping by and the kind comments 🌼
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Following islandtimes comment. I think if you go into the sites you are following there is a settings button you can choose under the follow icon to choose “send me an email”?
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The follow button was hidden but I found it 🙂
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I’m useless at navigating around the admin stuff – my excuse is age😊
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😀 Mine too
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Oh! Lovely Kingfisher! I think maybe you need to do something in your WordPress “dashboard”, maybe in the sharing department, in order for followers to receive your beautiful blog posts in their e-mail inboxes….not sure exactly….but otherwise people have to look for you in their WP “reader”; which is fine by me, but it is fun to not miss a post by having them come to one’s mailbox. Cheerio!
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Beautiful poem. But I really like the kingfisher watercolour. I pored over it trying to imbue myself with its magic.
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We had one in the garden once a while ago. A flash of magic vivid blue …. and gone
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How special! I’ve been totally mesmerised on the few occasions I’ve seen one.
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What a lovely blog I have stumbled on to. Your watercolours are delightful! And I am not such a fan of classic poetry but I do like this one!
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Thank you for dropping by and following! Hop you enjoy what I put up week by week 🌼
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Looking forward to reading it in my reader
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