Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka), 1859-1927 / 2008-05-18 00:00:00
*** Project Gutenberg etext of Evergreens, by Jerome K. Jerome ***
Scanned and proofed by Ron Burkey (rburkey@heads-up.com) and Amy
Thomte, from a volume entitled "Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow",
published by A. L. Burt.
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EVERGREENS.
They look so dull and dowdy in the spring weather, when the snow drops
and the crocuses are putting on their dainty frocks of white and mauve
and yellow, and the baby-buds from every branch are peeping with
bright eyes out on the world, and stretching forth soft little leaves
toward the coming gladness of their lives. They stand apart, so cold
and hard amid the stirring hope and joy that are throbbing all around
them.
And in the deep full summer-time, when all the rest of nature dons its
richest garb of green, and the roses clamber round the porch, and the
grass waves waist-high in the meadow, and the fields are gay with
flowers--they seem duller and dowdier than ever then, wearing their
faded winter's dress, looking so dingy and old and worn.
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