THE SNOWDROP.
"Tiny floweret, peeping from thy nest Shyly forth to meet the light of day; When no song birds sing, or sunbeams play , What dost, tempt thee from the earth's warm breast?" "If I came, sweet maid, when skies were fair, And the proud red roses bloomed m state . , What alas, would be my luckless fate? . • j Few would know that I was even there. "But when all about is wild and bleak, Not a leaflet found 1 on bush or tree, Then fond smiles arise at sight of me, For of spring and joy I seem to speaki" ; — "Lucy Murray^" Christchurch.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13430, 11 July 1914, Page 10
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103THE SNOWDROP. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13430, 11 July 1914, Page 10
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