Spirea at Kettleby Church...

                                                                                                     Photos by Barry Wallace

      Christ Church Kettleby

   1891

              Of all the subtle fires of earth

              Which rise in form of spring-time flowers,

              Oh, say if aught of purer birth

              Is nursed by suns and showers

              Than this fair plant, whose stems are bowed

              In such lithe curves of maiden grace,

              Veiled in white blossoms like a cloud

              Of daintiest bridal lace?

From "The Spirea" ~ by Paul Hamilton Hayne

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Barry Wallace