A SPRING THOULGHT.
A whisper for this weary, restless lime, Learned in the dewy meadowlands below, When the white mist across the sunlit woods Crept, and the soft wind from the dark-green
sea Brouglit salty fragrance; when the sturdy
lamb, Competing, from the grassy bank would push His sturdy fellow ; when the vernal sward Steamed, and the tender green of willows
drooped To the cressy stream; when golden gorse3
gave Tlieir rich aroma lavishly; -when blushed The ruddy maiclen as the loutish boy Midway along the furrow stayed his team To break the purple berries from the Ledge Of spikey quick for her; when the weary man Paiised as he passed, to feel again the glow That tranced him when he touched the
tender hand. Ah! gone and mouldered long and long ago — All things toward their gerat Origin tend; As He is perfect they will perfect he In His own time. TEe lowliest nomacT, tho
DIM Called to be on© -with God through Jesus Christ, Each in his place shall stand and thrive and
feel The warmth, the fragrance of th' eternal spring.
— Chaeles Oscab Palmbk. Kaikoura, September, 1905.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2691, 11 October 1905, Page 62
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190A SPRING THOULGHT. Otago Witness, Issue 2691, 11 October 1905, Page 62
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