EMBLEMS OF SPRING.
By Arthur Davison Flcke. VThe’ in the woods the small white trilliutndower _ , After long seasons of the snow and rain Gleams in the dead moss, and a sudden hour . , , . Of light is in the storm-clouds, and again Birds make their nests under the southern And sun Mil hail are alternate in the sky, And the apple tree with blossoms hides its And 'night is tremulous with the marshfrogs’ cry— Then, by these signs, men know another spring Has come upon the land, and are content. Winter is now a gone, forgotten thing As earth awakens to new merriment. Earth has no memory : the glad birds sing The song of last year’s birds, who came and went. A meditation that will be appreciated by mothers, from the Nation and Athenaeum (London) :
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Otago Witness, Issue 4042, 1 September 1931, Page 64
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133EMBLEMS OF SPRING. Otago Witness, Issue 4042, 1 September 1931, Page 64
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