POPPIES.
Ye poppies, born. o£ happy elves Where leaf-twined -sunbeams stray, Don dainty govyns, and cast yourselves About Eftrida's way. She loves the lawyer-mantled bowers, Where oft the tui trills; Then let her pluck jour, dainty flowers When and where'er she wills. Like you, ivhen cruel winter sought To practise tyrant arts, She came with budding love, and brought The summer to our hearts. j?hen be our messenger, nor bide Be6ide the gates of Spring, But, careless of the seasons, wide Your beauties round her fling. Thus granting, you shall hold in feo The love so rich and rare Of Elfnda, and she shall be Tha queen of poppies fair. —Johh Macxexnai". Dunedin, ilaich, 1902.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2505, 26 March 1902, Page 59
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115POPPIES. Otago Witness, Issue 2505, 26 March 1902, Page 59
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