For I cannot, alas! come to thee!
As the prodigal found from his father
Forgiveness, again shalt thou jump
To the height of my patronage—rather!
Rare Magpie and Stump!
A. C. S.
St. James’s Gazette. March 19, 1881.
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Song of the Springtide.
O Season supposed of all free flowers,