WHENCE?
Fall, flower and book ! the tale is true ! What spirit calls my name ! A world away, across the blue, The young moon lights her silver flame. I look into the west and wait : The wind is west, the day is late, The silver moon is low, And low beside the orchard gate The fallen bloom drifts white as snow. The light breeze falls, the voice has passed : One dim and trembling star Looks out of heaven serene and vast. —Oh earth so near ! O heaven so far ! Whose voice was this so strangely heard ? With wondering awe my soul is stirred. —Art thou of earth, or winged and free, O soul, who sent this spirit word Across the twilight world to me 1
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Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2251, 11 December 1886, Page 1 (Supplement)
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124WHENCE? Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2251, 11 December 1886, Page 1 (Supplement)
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