COPYRIGHT, 1909MORILLA MARIA NORTONMANILA, PHILIPPINES
COPYRIGHT, 1909MORILLA MARIA NORTONMANILA, PHILIPPINES
To M. B. N.Great Mother, dead but living,Living but dead,The snow falls fast,In this death month of all the year.White flakes like messengersSent upon the blast,From Heaven to light upon thy bier.Like this death month of NatureSuch thou wert and art;Cold with unsullied purity of will,White with the soul’s austerity of charity,Yet holding all the flamesOf summer’s glory in thy heart.YokohamaJanuary 7, 1909
To M. B. N.
Great Mother, dead but living,Living but dead,The snow falls fast,In this death month of all the year.White flakes like messengersSent upon the blast,From Heaven to light upon thy bier.Like this death month of NatureSuch thou wert and art;Cold with unsullied purity of will,White with the soul’s austerity of charity,Yet holding all the flamesOf summer’s glory in thy heart.
YokohamaJanuary 7, 1909