The Washington times., 1908-04-05


And "rushes" on the hills.
The flowers each a pistiI has,
And eV'ry rose a thorn,
While dandy lions" in the grass
Just make our lives forIorn.
Fair hopes that droop with chill despafr
ana palsied hide from grief and pain
All radiant in the perfumed air,
Arise To deck LIES path again.
ass II street northwest.
Unfolding leaf and Bursting bud.
i sweet, sweet story tell,
ana violets play hide and seek
IN many q sylvan dell.
me t.E woodland 9S- choir has organized
mere comes a melody OF song
Win no disCOrdant note.
The trees so lately brown ana bare
Are wearing of the Sreen,''
And blossoms, blossoms eyervvvbera
Add beauty u the scene.
Old SOL with rays Of warmth and TIgb,
but SHOULD his glances prove too warm
The clouds begin 10 frOWn.
Thus nature works in unison
and perfect harmony,
While poets penning odes to spring.
Aspire 20 win that V.
49, Mrs, c. L. Lotus.
1tSl Ninth street northwest.
There's n breath Of breezy blossoms
And the bills" Of Easter thrill
And bonnet" rhymes to ''sonnet-
But Il doesn't rhyme TO bill"
1A5 Quincy place. 0'U'
Hail 10 thee, soft Avernusl Tfou ar,
here
And winters icy reign at length IS
Warm breathes the wind. and summe.
lastD
JonquH and violet and danodH
Mark on thu ground the soft prints
MARIA; please have James the fdrnac,
I'll,
And when that's done, to clear on,
walk Of sleet)
a radiance. soft, yet brilliant. fills tbs
P.ease light the gas-'tis quite toe
dark to write.)
Once more the skies are blue. and pass.
ing fair;
q hope our hardy shrubs survive the
night
Fond lovers. answering to thy magic
lure,
Hand in hand wander down the Ieafy
glen;
OF this keeps up. well have some
sleighing sure.
You've put your furs away? Nv
child! Again)
AS through my open easement steals
Fragrant with breath Of all the flower
CsOme one has left a window open. and
I've caughd a code. as sure as III
alibe.)
w. r R Porter.
II is springtime. glorious springtimeI
All the hills are green with bloom;
And Dame Nature looks her fairest.
having dropped her winters gloom.
Twas IN honor of her godchild.
Who has come 10 'bide a wee;''
Filling earth, with song and sweetness.
Flowers will cover land and tree. .
Gentle Spring, coquettish seasonl
See, she shows her April face:
Now dimpling out with glorious sun
shine,
Wholly witching, Outlines tender.
Charms and makes our pulses bound;
Then in an instant. without warningl
Chills us with frown.
She reached here, date twenty-second
Came springing IN, to March with Time;
Bringing Hope, and Joy and GladnesS,
With her Eastertide sublime!
Mrs. A P. Hinton,
1916 Tenth street northwest.
Maydays, Maydays come and they go,
and al 1.-The new ones fairer
Than ali the old. with sweeter airs and
robed in beauty rarer:
For every year the leaves unfold to eyes
of clearer seeing,
And every year the srringtime thrills in
deeper chords OF being.
Maydays come and Maydays 20, the
sunlight falls and passes;
The sunlight fits. the sun warmth stays
in leaf and bloom and grasses.
Maydays come and Maydays go, but
hearts that Maytime enters
In light and beauty. these shall keep her
freshness al the winters.
Then let the gladness in. o wake. nv
spirit, to the wonder
OF earth and sky and huttering leaves
about, above and underl
o perfect IOvei o strange, sweet lifei o
marvel of that care
That keeps u.s. How il stills the soul to
silent. happy prayer.
Luella Burson Fouts.
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