VAGRANT VERSE
NATURE, THE OLD NURSE. Nature, the old nurse, took The child upon her knee, Saying: “Here is a story book Thy Father has written for theft.** “Come, wander with me,” she said, “Into regions yet untrod; And read what is stiH unread In the manuscripts of God.** And he wandered away and awa/ With Nature, the dear old nurse, Who sang to him night and day The rhymes of the universe. And whenever the way seemed long, Or his heart began to fail, She would sing a more wonderful sour, Or te- u a more marvellous tale. LoAKfeUaw.
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Southland Times, Issue 19279, 25 June 1924, Page 4
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100VAGRANT VERSE Southland Times, Issue 19279, 25 June 1924, Page 4
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