TURN O' THE YEAR

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIV, Issue 221, 24 September 1910, Page 6

TURN O' THE YEAR

This is the time when bit by bit ; The days begin to lengthen sweet, And every minute gained is joy—• And love stirs in the heart ot a boy. This is the time the sun, of late Content to lie abed till eight, Lifts up betimes his sleepy head—, And love stirs in the heart of a maid. This is the time we dock the night Of a whole hour of candlelight; # When song of linnet and thrush is

heard — . , And love stirs in the heart or a bird. This is the time when sword-blades

green, With gold and purple damascene, Pierce the blown crocus-bed a-row — And love stir's in a heart I know. ' —Katherine Tynan Hinkson.