A MOOD.
Sombre this April momSombre, yet suave and sweet:! Mists and shadows drape The houses along the street. The gardens, languishing, Long for the touch cif spring, And dream of summer hours; And birds are fain to sing. The tall trees, gold'en-robed, Shiver before' the breeze, And the river croons the while Strange wistful melodies. Thus cm an autumn day, While the sun is slow to shine, And the promise of winter is writ Large on this world of mine, I dream of what has been And what may be, and chill Blows a western wind, Sighing, it seems, with a will:' Sighing for springtime and summer—• The wild fleet youth ■>' the year. And the rain starts falling, falling, And each raindrop seenx a tear. Each raindrop seems a tear, And each cloud a darkened houi, And 'tis oh! for tlie merry springtide, And summer, with songbird and flower I 'Tis oh for love and pleasure— The best that was —for in truth The heart's still warn? with passion, And the blood still fired with youth. And deep in the heart of autumn— The autumn so grim and grey— Is -a secret of warm devotion, Of springtide and yesterday. —li. von Kaulbach.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2929, 4 May 1910, Page 70
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203A MOOD. Otago Witness, Issue 2929, 4 May 1910, Page 70
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