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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 13, Issue 5 (August 1, 1938)

Colours

Colours.

Be glad that God has given you your eyes, that you may see
The beauty of His colours—in a lily's ivory,
In scarlet tinted hollyhock, the pansy's velvet sheen,
In pink tipped cherry blossom, and the cool of grasses green.
In orange petal'd rosebud, and the love flower's misty blue,
In flame of tiger lilies, and the crystal of the dew.
Be glad that you can see the white and gold in daffodils,
The dusky grey of twilight, and the purple of the hills.
The silver of a moonbeam's ray, or spangled cloak of Night,
The pictures in a dawning sky all shot with primrose light.
The wonder of a mystic bridge with arch in rainbow shades,
And the glory of a crimson sky before the sunset fades.
Be glad! from morn's first rosy hue to twilight's silent hush,
That God has given you power to see the colours from His brush.