Category: Short Stories

The Emerald Story Book Stories and legends of spring, nature and Easter

Skinner, Ada M. (Ada Maria), 1878- [Compiler]; Skinner, Eleanor L. (Eleanor Louise), 1872- [Compiler]; Parrish, Maxfield, 1870-1966 [Illustrator]· 2 chapters· 3,388 words

Deep down in the garden closes, In the wildering April weather, The embryo lilies and roses Whispered and wondered together:— “What doth it mean, this thrill And stir in the mould about us? Will it prophecies sweet fulfil, Or cometh it but to flout us?”

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2. PART II

Out in the garden closes, In the shining, summery weather, Blossoming lilies and roses Wondered and laughed together:— “What a wide, wide world of bliss, Of loveliest gleams and...

1. PART I

Deep down in the garden closes, In the wildering April weather, The embryo lilies and roses Whispered and wondered together:— “What doth it mean, this thrill And stir in the mou...