MOTHER'S CHRISTMAS CARD.
(For the Witness.) A Birdie came to me this morning, and said : "Thy 'garden hath lilies and roses *.red — And rich on the earth and the boughs I see A harvest of beauty and fruit for thee." "Then take of the harvest, sweet birdie," I said— "The whitest of lilies and roses red, Th« choicest of fruit from, the boughs above, And bear them, away on the wings of Love, To the cottage where dwelleth a friend of ours, Who knoweth the beauty of fruit and flowers. And, oh, to be near thee, sweet birdie, to hear, The fervour of blessing from one so dear; For surely she'll bliss thee— a birdie that brings The treasures of earth on such, beautiful wings. '
— 7. Maclennait. :
Appleby, December, 1904.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2649, 21 December 1904, Page 75
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130MOTHER'S CHRISTMAS CARD. Otago Witness, Issue 2649, 21 December 1904, Page 75
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