THE SEASONS.
(With kind regards to " Hoanaroa.") " Tho etorrns of winter-time will quickly pass And one unbounded spring encircle all." — Thompson. WINTER. The torrent from its mountain source Foams down to meet the sea. Ten thousand rollers thunder hoarse And lash the sand with eullen force. O Winter ! where is thy remorse, That thus thou stingest me? SPRING. The river murmurs to the main From silvered slopes of snow. Ah! Love will weld his golden chain} AhJ surely she will feel my pain, And to these arms return again With face and soul aglow. SUMMER. The streamlet from its shaded spring Falls down to seels the see. • O linger, linger, -wherefore wing Your flight, delicious days! I'd sing The dreams of bliss ye take and bring— My love is here with, me. AUTUMST. Her children dabble in the brook Where swirled the swollen stream. She sings beneath the golden stock, Her face is like a fragrant book, Whereto -I turn whene'er I look For some delicious dream. — Charles Morrison. DecemToer 5, 1901.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2493, 25 December 1901, Page 61
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172THE SEASONS. Otago Witness, Issue 2493, 25 December 1901, Page 61
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