Groei steeds die vurig lila ́n geslag na die deur en bo- drumpel en aan die vensterbank is verby, die ontplooiing van die soet geurige blomme elke lente, word gepluk deur die gesug reisiger; geplant en geneig eenmaal deur die kinders se hande, in front- erf erwe - nou staan deur wallsides in afgetree weiding, en gee plek om te nuwe stygende woude; - die laaste van daardie Stirp, enigste oorlewende van daardie familie.
Still grows the vivacious lilac a generation after the door and lintel and the sill are gone, unfolding its sweet - scented flowers each spring, to be plucked by the musing traveller; planted and tended once by children's hands, in front- yard plots -- now standing by wallsides in retired pastures, and giving place to new- rising forests; -- the last of that stirp, sole survivor of that family.QED QED