Easter Lilies
By Susan Coolidge
Darlings of June and brides of summer sun.
Chill pipes the stormy wind, and the skies are drear;
Dull and despoiled the gardens every one:
What do you here?
We looked to see your gracious blooms arise
'Mid soft and wooing airs in gardens green,
Where venturesome brown bees and butterflies
Should hail you queen.
There is no bee nor glancing butterfly;
They fled on rapid wings before the snow;
Your sister lilies laid them down to die,
Long, long ago.
And here, amid the slowly dropping rain.
We keep our Easter feast, with hearts whose care
Mars the high cadence of each lofty strain,
Each thankful prayer.
But not a shadow dims your joyance sweet,
No baffled hope or memory darkly clad;
You lay your whiteness at the Lord's dear feet,
And all are glad.
O coward soul ! Arouse thee and draw near.
Led by these fragrant acolytes to-day!
Let their sweet confidence rebuke thy fear,
Thy cold delay.
Come with thy darkness to the healing light,
Come with thy bitter, which shall be made sweet,
And lay thy soil beside the lilies white.
At His dear feet!
"Boxes holding flowers just outside an apartment window are great favorites with those who live in towns and cities. Here is a little girl, who lives in an apartment, all ready to fill her window box garden.
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| This little girl paper doll looking at her flower box is in the CC. |
Before pasting this picture down on cardboard, color it with your crayons. The brick wall is different shades of red and pink and the box is blue, showing up well against the white curtains.
Cut the dotted slits in the flower box. Insert the tab on the geranium down into the center opening and paste it in place at the back. Fold the tabs on the two ivy plants and slide them inside the slits on either side of the geranium plant. Paste these in place.
Make holes as indicated at both ends of the top of the picture, put a string through it to make a hanger. Now you can hang your paper doll from your own window with just a small amount of tape!
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