THE THROSTLE.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2305, 18 December 1889, Page 2

THE THROSTLE.

The following is Lord Tennyson's new poem m the Now Ravi w on t ia Thro i tie. The bodh; o£ the thiueh ia supposed t> bft imita ed m the words between inverted commas : "bummer is coming, Summar isooming, I know it, I know it, I know it Light again, leaf again, life agalo, love again." Ytß, my wild little poet. Stng the Now Year m under the bine ; Last year you Bang it w gladly. "New, JMew, New, .Mew I" la it, then, ao new That you c rol so madly ? "Love agni'i, song a?ain, nest aga f n, yoong again 1 ' Never a prophot co crozy 1 And hardly a daisy oa yot, little friend, See ! there ia hardly a daisy. " Here again, h- re, here, happy year ! 0 war bio, unc hidden, unbidden. Summer is coming, is coming, my dear And ail the winters aro hiddoa ' The Hawk oontaius the following parody on the above ; — " Hum" intf and •• Hum "ing the edtor'a coming ; Oh blow it 1 Oh bl . w it ! Oh blow It ! Write agalu ? Rpito again ? critics polite again ? Thank you 1 Not if I know It ! Editor looked a littlj bit blua When the bard refusad bo patly ; 11 It'd the New Review, aod I fancy you Would not Oirol 80 flatly. 11 11 Try again ; fly agaic ; pitch a note high ag*in ; Poet should never be lazy ;" Bo he worried until ho achieved his end— And the poet remarked, " Laok-a-daisy !" Hero you are h re ! be t thmg of tho year I As lively and irooii aa a kittdn ; Four verses for sixpanoe ! It's not very dear For the last that the Laureate's written.