I saw the artist paint with brush, The setting sun, the lengthening shade The near and further distant hills, The valley where the lily shows its blade
And hides the nest of the noble thrush He painted the valleys with their streams, The giant oak and the stately pine The quaking aspen leaves afloat
The evening breeze of summertime And he left me standing lost in dreams He mixed his colors in varied hue As clouds suspended from the sky
From swaying limbs where the robin sings And the eagles nest in mountains high Beneath a sky of azure blue It's here the artist stops and stands