FLORIDA DAYS.


 The Spanish bayonet grows thick among
the fallen walls; indeed, those glittering green
spears are brave enough to grow anywhere;
their tough roots tie them like twine to ledges


that overhang the water, or knot under the sand
until no spot is too shallow or too exposed
for them. Even the white roads which wander
across the island are so encroached upon by
their sharp thorns that walking is not always
pleasant.


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