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DECEMBER IN CALIFORNIA

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Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Dec 18, 1879

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 5, No. 48.

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DECEMBER IN CALIFORNIA.

By T. L. Harris

The silver fountain playeth White in the pale moon's shine; The mild south wind delayeth, Caught in yon fragrant pine; The garden jasmine bloometh; The violet perfumeth; The garden space assumeth A mystery divine.
After bright rains the roses Re-open, freshly fed; The calla's lip uncloses, Acacia buds dispread. Re-born the verdure springeth; O'er meadows where she wingeth The lark, delighted, singeth, To raptures caught and wed.
Is this the pale December, Who, in the frozen lands, Weeps in her widowed chambers, With deathly lips and hands? Crowned with the solar powers, Robed all in pearly showers, She leaves her budded bowers; A bride, a bride, she stands.
Heart! pining in the old time, A promise take from this! By silver time, by gold time, God cometh, with a kiss. Changed age, with blessings laden, Glides forth, a white-robed maiden, To lead thee to her aidenn— The new creation's bliss.
T. L. HARRIS.