Ellen Russell Emerson

thumb| Ellen Russell Emerson (née Russell; January 16, 1837 – June 12, 1907) was an American author and ethnologist from Maine. Quotes Poems (1865) thumb|Consequential bees alightUpon the downy saffron bedsOf the dandelion,Fit for kings to lie on. thumb|There, a lazy butterfly,Like a thing adrift from Eden. But "God was still behind the skies,"   As stricken Agatha once had said,And He anoints the aiming spear   Of grief, and blesses the bowing head. "The Trysting Tree", sec. 5 Here and there a cloud is floating,  White and fair as a nun in prayer. "One Summer Day", st. 1 The loveless are the unblest,    Frosts transfix their grief,    Like a wreck on a reef. "One Summer Day", st. 4 Childhood's the soul's first gala-day. "One Summer Day", st. 14 While the butter-cups toss golden heads,  Consequential bees alight,Upon the downy saffron beds    Of the dandelion,    Fit for kings to lie on;There, a lazy butterfly,  Like a thing adrift from Eden,While saucy insects flutter by    In a busy throng,    Slowly sails along. "One Summer Day", sts. 22–23 External links Category:1837 births Category:1907 deaths Category:Poets from the United States Category:Non-fiction authors from the United States Category:Ethnologists Category:People from Maine Category:Women authors from the United States Category:Women born in the 19th century