Margaret Elizabeth Sangster Home Poems Poets Margaret Elizabeth Sangster Poems A Maple Leaf by Margaret E. Sangster So bright in death I used to say, So beautiful through frost and cold! The Sin of Omission by Margaret E. Sangster It isn't the thing you do, dear, It's the thing you leave undone Knight and Lady by Margaret E. Sangster He lifted his hand to his plumed chapeau, He bowed to her beauty and rode away,— New-Mown Hay by Margaret E. Sangster Sweet, oh sweet, from the fields to-day Wafts the breath of the new-mown hay. Sabbath Day by Margaret E. Sangster A little aside from the sweep and whirl, The shifting splendor of swift Broadway, The Old Church by Margaret E. Sangster It lifteth its gray old spire from the heart of the busy town, Pointing the thoughts of the people from the things that bind men down— The Snowflake by Margaret E. Sangster It was a little snowflake With tiny winglets furled; Washington's Birthday by Margaret E. Sangster No rockets flamed in sudden fire, No ringing gladness rocked the spire, Summer Fruits by Margaret E. Sangster When scarlet strawberries first were seen A blush their clustering leaves between, The Farmer by Margaret E. Sangster The dawn is here! I climb the hill; The earth is young and strangely still;