RAINY DAYS 



The delightful sight of odd patches and specks 

 of new pale green in the hedgerows, the splashes of 

 many-coloured crocuses, the alertness of the daffodil 

 leaves, the bursting buds, all ready for the forward 

 movement : it needs but the cloud-curtain to rise 



LAMBS IN AN ORCHARD 



and sunlight to flood the scene, and spring will have 

 made another bound, the ' lion ' has gone the ' lamb ' 

 has come. The great-tit, ' spring's early bellman,' 

 sounds his note where the almond buds have opened 

 wide, and blossoms of the daintiest pink are outlined 

 in the blue ; w r hile down the orchard bank the lambs 



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