California Farmer and Journal of Useful Sciences, Volume 44, Number 17, 13 January 1876 — WINTER'S HOPE. [ARTICLE]
WINTER'S HOPE.
Fhe Auturun dies arc all fOM all flown
The >eltow from ofl the trees Are shed with tmi and doleful moan
Of whistling wind and mournful breeze.
The cumbered earth hears far and mar
Those mtfwlng olt Autumn's death; And leafless furest.-?, moist and drear.
Oppgffl us with their chilly breath.
But let us lcN»k around once innro -
Is there no beam to cheer our eight 1 No rift in HMM dark ctovfcl Ah I sure,
We are not h ft without MftM litrht ?
No ; 'tis not so ! X'en while we f*M«
See, fnmi fwm hill the r_d KM rise. Illuming with his ehNffag rays
The earth that all M darkly lies. And in deserted hedgerow springs
The hawthorn berry, bravo and bright; Wliile perched atop the robin riap
His clear, sweet HOg with all his might.
Our life will come to autumn hours.
And all may QUI ami wintry seem. But even then we'll find -some flowers,
And even then MMM joyous beam.
Kepinc not, therefore, that thy youth
And manhood's prime so swiftly flee; U* ! with advance of years come truth, >'ew light, new hope, cairn joys for thee