AFTER STORM.
A. ST. JOHN ADCOCK, I.N "THE SPEAKER." Darkling swept the rain Over hill and plain, Leaving tempest trodden Meadows dank and sodden, Mhy road and lane. Now the storm is' done, Life is re-begun; Tremulous leaves and grasses, As the shadow passes. Stretch to feel the san. Sudden splendors sift Through each cloudy rift Down on drooping bowers. And their heads the flowers As from weeping lift. Snared in moss .and mud, Hushed and tamed, The flood Rounds'to puddles hazy; Here and there a daisy Shows its jewelled bud. Thought of peace enskied. Dreams of heights untried In each pool lie yearniug, As if earth were turning Heavenward open-eyed. Bloom, find leaf, and bird Scatter, subtly stirred. Songs of life and Mny born; Creeping things and clay born Sing with them unheard Voice and silence blend. Breathing praises' penned In no prisoning psalters. While from green earth altars Incense mists -iscond.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 230, 26 September 1903, Page 1 (Supplement)
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153AFTER STORM. Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 230, 26 September 1903, Page 1 (Supplement)
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