EVENING ON THE FARM.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 217, 12 September 1908, Page 6

EVENING ON THE FARM.

At evenings, when the oatt-le come to

drink, Cool are the long marsh grasses, dewy cool The alder thickets, and the shallow

pool, . . ■ And the brown clay about the.trodden brink, The« pensive afterthoughts of sundown sink . Over the patient acres given to peace ; The homely cries and farmsfbead noises cease, And the worn day relaxes, link by link. A lesson that the open heart- may read Breathes in this mild benignity of air, These dear familiar savours of the soil— ■"■.'■■■ A lesson of the calm of humble creed, The simple dignity of common toil, And the plain windows of unspoken prayer. —Charles G. D. Roberts, i Toronto Globe. ' j