CONTACT!
Only when the rain is free Hie grass springs green upon the plain; Only when the sun is up The dew can scintillate again. Ever when th e breeze is bright The silken banner flies unfurled, Ever when the tide’s in flood Great craft move out upon the world. Only when the air is clear The vision flashes from the hills; Only when the stream is pure The sparkl e flickers from her rills. Always when the tqueh is true Harmony quivers from the strings; Every as he circles up The lark his magic music flings. Only when the wind is strong The wave falls cleanly from the ship; Only when the heart is pure 'White thought spring vivid on the lip. Only when his roots go deep The tree may swing upon the gale; Only when he touches Truth. The poet knows he cannot fail —M. E. Doris Pountney, in “A Spin liter’s Soliloquies?’
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 19 November 1927, Page 9
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156CONTACT! Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 19 November 1927, Page 9
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