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(Old Country.) Sing, ye blacliSiTds mellow! Ope, ye blossoms gay! * "O'er the mead and furrow Trip 3 the smiling May. Eun, ye rills, before her, Young lambs skip and play;) Birds and bees implore her Long with us to stay. Hark! her voice is ringing Through the golden air! See! her hands are flinging Blessings everywhere. Age lays by his burdens, Cildhood seeks tha green, Youths and budding maidens Hail the bright-liair'd queen. Garlands in the ioiest, Hangs she on her way; Boughs that were sorest Smile in gieen array. Bowers for Love's caresses Builds she clay Jjy day; Every lover blesses Bright-liair'd, blooming May. Where her feet have lighted, Silver daisies spring ; Groves that winter blighted Hear the fond birds sing. In the heart of Sorrow . ■ •, Hope lifts up her voice; <4 He that feared to-morrow f ) ' Now can say, Rejoice! '.] Gather, happy children, All these bells of blue, Merry May hath filled them Withiher sweetest dew. Clad are hills and valleys In their daintiest hue, ** Send ye, courts and alleys, Thousands forth to view! TT T T> October, 1900.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2433, 31 October 1900, Page 56
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