Hilda Conkling Home Poems Poets Hilda Conkling Poems Pine Tree by Hilda Conkling Away in the great forest On the slope of a snow-capped mountain About Animals by Hilda Conkling Animals are my friends and my kin and my playfellows; They love me as I love them. Lilac Bush by Hilda Conkling Lilac princess Swaying in a lavender gown, Blue Jay by Hilda Conkling All the flowers are sleeping, A feather blanket of snow Wild Tulip by Hilda Conkling Mottled like the tiger-lily leaf, With black necklace clinging,