... unripe, one said it was ridiculous to call them black berries, when they were red. Don’t you know,” said his friend,” that blackberries are always red when they are greeu.” A gentleman passing through some public office was nffronied by tho clerks, and wus ...

... BLACKBERRIES. The wore flushed with red and gold. As, in the warm September weather, Among the country lanes we strolled. And picked the blackberries together. Standing among the russet-brown And withered leaves that hid the roots, I pulled the bramble ...

... IN SCHOOL DAYS. Still sits the schoolhouse by the road A ragged beggar sunning; Around it still theTgumach grow, And blackberry Tines are running. Within, the master’s desk seen, Deep acarred by raps official, The warping floor, the battered snats. The ...