FROM THE GERMAN.
The farmer stands beside his field, And looks at it with angry frown,“The soil I have with labor tilled; With finest seeds I have it sown,; Yet see the weeds how thick they grow ! This is the Devil’s work I know.” Then runs to him his little boy; Filled are his arms with cornflowers -blue And poppies red. He shouts with joy : “I’ve plucked them in the field for you. Gee, Father, see this lovely show! ’Tis the good God who made them grow.”
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2394, 8 January 1909, Page 12 (Supplement)
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87FROM THE GERMAN. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2394, 8 January 1909, Page 12 (Supplement)
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