979. With a Spray of Apple Blossoms by Walter Learned. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, ed. 1900. An American Anthology, 1787-1900

Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

979. With a Spray of Apple Blossoms

By Walter Learned


THE PROMISE of these fragrant flowers,
The fruit that ’neath these blossoms lies
Once hung, they say, in Eden’s bowers,
And tempted Eve in Paradise.

O fairest daughter of Eve’s blood,	5
Lest her misprision thine should be,
I ’ve nipped temptation in the bud
And send this snowy spray to thee.