BEGINNING
Now when the earth is frugal And grants to our hungry sight Only a pale-sheathed crocus, Only a thrifty mite. Out of the spring’s green bounty That soon with no stint or measure Will pour itself around us—- • Now we can see and treasure. The curve of the year’s first petal, The texture of each new shoot, The colour and shape of grass-points That spring from the waking root. Clear as a chime on stillness Or the first cool globe of rain In the dust, now on a world swept bare Is the pattern of beauty plain. —Anita Laurie Cushing.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21194, 17 August 1940, Page 11 (Supplement)
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101BEGINNING Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21194, 17 August 1940, Page 11 (Supplement)
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