NEWS OF SPRING 91 



(Lo, in the marvel of Springtime, dreams are changed 



into truth!) 

 Quicken my heart, and restore the beautiful hopes of 



youth. 



By the faith that the flowers show when they bloom 

 unbidden, 



By the calm of the river's flow to a goal that is 

 hidden, 



By the trust of the tree that clings to its deep founda- 

 tion, 



By the courage of wild birds' wings on the long 

 migration, 



(Wonderful secret of peace that abides in Nature's 

 breast!) 



Teach me how to confide, and live my life, and rest. 



NEWS OF SPRING * 



BY MAURICE MAETERLINCK 



From Old Fashioned Flowers 

 I HAVE seen the manner in which Spring stores up 

 sunshine, leaves and flowers and makes ready, long 

 beforehand, to invade the North. Here, on the 

 ever balmy shores of the Mediterranean that 

 motionless sea which looks as though it were under 

 glass where, while the months are dark in the rest 



* By special permission of M. Maeterlinck and Dodd, Mead 

 &Co. 



