FOOD
'Er've tore up 'er rose-trees an' jessamy plants, An' put down split tnties instead! 'Er'vo rooted up kd's-love, forget-me-nots blue, An' daisy clumps—pink, and red! 'Er've 'eared ev'ry gilly-flower orcr tho 'edge, 'Er've'set rows o' banes near the gate, An' now, kind o' plazed, with gurt pride , on 'er face, 'Er 'llows 'twill mane savin' o' m|vte! But old 'Liza Jane what lives down tlie back lane,. • Sez she, "I may Sim to be wrong, But just,a foo blossoms to liven us up . Be like Nature's bit o' brave song. I manes to grow tatics an' turnips an' sich, But, lest I should-pine for tlie smell, I'll knoe near my window a patch, o' gay flowersOld 'earts need a feedin' as well! —Lillian Gard.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3006, 17 February 1917, Page 5
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125FOOD Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3006, 17 February 1917, Page 5
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