GREAT JOYS ARE SILENT.
GREAT joys are silent, hush, be still, Lie passive in her arms, O Nature's child, And she will wrap thee in her mysteries, As in the scent of lilies and of limes. And clothe thy spirit with the web of dreams, As crimsoned as the cloudlets in the sky At eventide and morn. Her lullaby The rippling of the streamlet through the stones. Or rustle of the trembling poplar leave 3. Or scarce-heard whisper of the white owl's wings. Do thou in noontide rapture passive lie. The while the present sun of perfect bliss Floods land and sea for thee from morn till night With Ecstasy, the child of Hope-Fulfilled. L.A.C.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11780, 9 October 1901, Page 3
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