Summer Sun
n \A Great is the sun, and wide L) y{ he goes, L Through empty heaven tj without repose; (i | And in the blue and glow- P j M ing days, . m JQ More thick than rain he A showers his rays. y m K Though closer fj bj blinds we pull m To keep the shady parlour l »') !i j cool, W Yet he will find a chink or A 13 iwo % c¥ To slip his golden fingers M pjj through. Above the hills, along the y blue, Jf |, ] Round the bright air with P l ) $/) footing true; vA£ i H To please the child, to gV paint the rose, yj* 7H The Gardener of the [*\ vJ World, he goes. IJ —R. L. Stevenson
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22356, 29 February 1936, Page 4 (Supplement)
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127Summer Sun New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22356, 29 February 1936, Page 4 (Supplement)
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