CLEMATIS.
. Beacons erected, by Nature's hand o'er seas [ of deepest green, | Clusters of stars of purest -white etudded I -in ' skies' terrene, I JJigTrfing ihe hu&x 'for the passer-by : Who sees not your beauty is dull of -e^e! ■«• Forced in your weakness 'to seek -snppoi't 'from the consorts ion whom you >l«an, You embellish Jtheir heads wfth such splendid crowns .that "they murmur imot^ H. , :w6en.;V' ' > ' Blest .ate irees ihafc «ueh ?weaßh mphwld. "They -axe "liftedl apart- 'from -ihe -common ' . . JolH. - - , , ' • ; ' , I "What is your^ipurpose in NatuWs schenie— i a Iday. % or , two ;-to, -bloom; ; . > . ' - I -To, deck >the-, woods' for -a .fleeting hour, iind! » then to .fade, in , gleam ;■ Tb_>bright«n hour' of .toil. > Ox .furnish tthe -bee-aandi the bird' their .spoil? '.Twere .yarn Ho ask, anxT'SUch' .puerile -ausst ' '.' : .'twer ,32eedkss..ctb -pureue; — , p'Tis .enough io Scnow .thatyoqr Hife lentfs' - ch^rm .and .your 'loss would 'be one to rue; - ' So the gods be *thanked lox yovd presence here, ' - > Pale tender chiiaren of iontes austere. - - - ' — T. JH. T.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2810, 22 January 1908, Page 78
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166CLEMATIS. Otago Witness, Issue 2810, 22 January 1908, Page 78
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