CHRISTMAS.
That Nature sends such colours to adorn? The brightest flowers their lovely buds unfold? This day the child calleel Jesus Christ was born,
The children, wakened early from their sleep, Gaze on their many gifts with thankful glee, Then, out into the pleasant sunshine leap In haste, the sights of early morn to see. As softly ’mongst the sweet wild flowers they dance, Again they- thank our Maker for His love— Who gave the lovely earth with all its joys, And sent a loving Saviour from above. —Cousin Vera Williamson (1-1), Baxter street, Balclutha.
The happy chiming of enchanted bells, Gladly proclaiming joy and peace to all; The music, which in rapturous chorus swells, The joyous ring of many a sea-bird’s call, The perfume from the lily and the rose, Which breathes sweet thoughts of the retiring year; The pleasant memories of friends of old, Ring out
The sun, arising splendid in the morn, Throws penetrating gleams across the blue. The earth, her cloak of darkness from her torn, Now dons, with joy, a cloak of brighter hue. Ah! Why, this morn, should Earth with Joy’s pulse throb,
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Southland Times, Issue 21581, 19 December 1931, Page 18
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189CHRISTMAS. Southland Times, Issue 21581, 19 December 1931, Page 18
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