THE SPIRIT OF THE RAIN
*• • • I saw the rain—a dim, grey spirit, pass Shuddering, across a .field, of emerald grass; . . I sate her wring her hands and weep • And wander down a valley steep . As if she vainly sought for something there; And then upon d lofty mountain crag Tpecping she climbed, o’er many a rocky jag; 'White cloud-wraiths swirled around her feet; The icy wind with motion fleet Swept shrieking by and wildly tossed her:hair. ... ■ She strove to reach her cloudy home, the sky, And as towards those far-off lands on high She supplicating stretched her hands . i . . A thousand glorious, shfnlng!bands . :' I > Of silvery light, athwart the mountain fell. And at the spirit’s feet one splendid ray , • Fell, making for her happy feet, a tcay ■ Which to the pearly cloud-lands led; And swift,\re}Oleing, up she sped, Her tears all banished by the sunshine’s spell, —First prize—By “Excelsior Elf,” aged 15, Hawera, - ninitiinyniniiiiHiitinriiiniittiiiiiinrniiiiitiniifinßniiiiiiiriinintHiiiynfniniitiiiiniHiiifninvirv.
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Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 267, 6 August 1932, Page 18
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154THE SPIRIT OF THE RAIN Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 267, 6 August 1932, Page 18
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