THE PASSING OF THE HAWTHORN
The coming of the hawthorn brings on earth Hoaveri : all the spring speaks'out in one ' sweet word, ■ > .•■ /., > ■■ And Hci ivon grows gladder,- knowing that . earth has heard. Ere half the flowers arc jubilant !n•hirtli,' Tlio splendour of the, laughter-of their mirth Dazzles delight with wonder.:' man and bird I'ejoico and worship, stilled at"heart V.nd ' stirred With rapture girt about with awe for girth. The passing of tho hawthorn tilk'es away' Heaven: all the spring falls dumb,' ami' all the sou) '. Sinks'down'in man for sorrow. Ni-;ht and , ( ' a >" . . '.' Forego the joy that mado them one and whole. t The. change that falls, on every starry spray Bids, flower by flower, the knell of'-spring-•time toll. , , —A. C. Swinbiiriie.'
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 101, 22 January 1908, Page 3
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