A LITTLE OPTIMIST.
Th« skies are gray, the keen winds Maw, The ah- la chill with gatheriflg snow, "We mortals drawJogetSjF i Around the hearth'-flre, havering near • To catch the glo%tfJg.~rifaiant cheer. Thoughoften iroßSUngftoo. I fear. -<* With hearts that match the weather. ! ""I peer through frosty window pane, '^j .', Ep£hopeful signs I search in vain, ,jjL< !'"-*Afid sigh, lor spring a-weary. i * When, bark! a voice falls on my ea% I start, Eurprlged),H riHsa so near, ' ..-., This merry whWlcAajrtjand clear, V'V Of "Cheer UpTeh%«up! che-aryr* £l On yoader dogwood's slender f rasa* I'vTf A vtyid dash of scarlet name ■ ~ •' 22i Lij&U up the landscape dreary. "\ --'■"•s A ttcySSjajfJiMn gala suit. r f- , hit mellow lute » pi | With up! che-cry** { Mew, like a gleam of sunlight, see, :,". J He dlts about from trse to-tree. V' gayly 4B&&QdtyL clouds hli-fi&flhlng form. ™ janTwhaVecrW Kb*forwind and atonal - ■' BU loving heart U ever Warm, __ .. He sees no cause for fretting. •.. A bleeeisg on his scarlet coat , es|±hT who couldnow be dreary? G« O&ie, let chje\rful sprite »*?. , ATe'non learn ;"• 50. whistle till our "7 # &txfe<&te up! eheer tgspS&fcfy•" Jjf i
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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 428, 28 July 1904, Page 9
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184A LITTLE OPTIMIST. Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 428, 28 July 1904, Page 9
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