THE READY ARTISTS

By Edgar Albert Guest

The green is in the meadow and the blue is in the sky,

And all of Nature's artists have their colors handy by;

With a few days bright with sunshine and a few nights free from frost

They will start to splash their colors quite regardless of the cost.

There's an artist waiting ready at each bleak and dismal spot

To paint the flashing tulip or the meek forget-me-not.