The Spring Poet.
When the sun has thawed the snow, When once more the flowers blow, When the birds begin to smg, Bly the at the return of spring, Then the poet in his den. Seizing on a brand-new pea* Inks it gaily, murmuring, "Let me, too, begin to sing. r * Hours doth the poet toil. Wasting quarts of midnight oil, T.iU his work complete he sees, Full of blossoms, lambs and trees, Birds and brooks and April skies— Joyously the poet cries : " I must do but one thing more, Send it to the editor!" Waits the poet anxiously, For the editor's reply. Smiles the poet, full t^nopt^ As he breakes the envelope. It contains a printed slip — Dies the laughter from his lip, * t As it d^wns upon hia mind, That his poem is declined I — Life
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Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1905, 20 September 1884, Page 5
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138The Spring Poet. Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1905, 20 September 1884, Page 5
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