Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1890 — SPRING SAY. [ARTICLE]

SPRING SAY.

I love you. I know it, Because the birds sing Gladlier this spring time Than last time o’spring; The breath of the lilac . That blooms aUny door Is sweeter and subtler » That ever before; The breezes are softer - That come from the dell, The grasses are greener That carpet the fell. i The roses are redder, The violets are bluer, The white of the lily Morevlrginly pure; The pansy more royal, The buttercup more yellow. .., - The sunset more gorgeous, • v , The moonbeams more mellow, By the green world around you, the bine skies above you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you. You love me. I know it, Because in your sight The stin might go out Aud I would not lack light And even if it were to ~ And left ne’er a spark, T. L 1 could feel my way to your _ Warm heart In the dark. You love me. I know it, Because in my breast In your absence there dwells A delicious unrest— Which tho’ to-day piercing Exquisitely keen I would not exchange For the crown of a queen, The bay of a Sappbo, The robe of a dean, — Nor for all the raised splendors The oceans between. By the green world around me, the blue skies above me, You love me, you love me, you love me, youlov me. Oretia Kay Belt.