...shady lane, Where the quail whistles loud in the wheat-fields That are yellow with ripening grain. Like liquid gold the wheat-field lies, A marvel of...the sheen That plays in the golden hair of a girl. — HAMLIN OAKLAND. WOODBINE; VIRGINIA CREEPER Around in stately grandeur stood The stately children...

...JOHNSON. A Dakota Wheat-Field. LIKE liquid gold the wheat-field lies, A marvel of yellow and russet and green, That ripples and runs, that floats and...flies, With the subtle shadows, the change, the sheen, Such as play in the golden hair of a girl, A ripple of amber, a flare Of light sweeping after, a curl...

...tongues, That leaves a blackened smoking sod A fiery furnace where the cattle trod. A Dakota Wheat-field That ripples and runs, that floats and flies, With the subtle shadows, the change, the sheen, That play in the golden hair of a girl,— A ripple of amber— a flare Of light sweeping after— a curl...

...the opening stanza describes the wheat's color in terms of movement: Like liquid gold the wheat field lies, A marvel of yellow and green, That ripples and...change — the sheen That plays in the golden hair of a girl.15 In "A Dakota Harvest Field" he pictures the look of the field after harvest: "The golden stubble...

...only example of its survival.— Chicago Tribune. COLOR IN THE WHEAT. Like liquid gold the wheat field lies, A marvel of yellow and green, That ripples and runs, that floats and flies, Wit hthe subtle shadows, the change — the sheen That plays in the golden hair of a girl. A cloud...