POETRY

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 409, 10 March 1904, Page 2

POETRY

laS BOCTOBS TBAP. ' Im n'gbtly whirl cf lovea and feus, Tb.t drums go dancing through the fcwij The bali'a haith clangour strikes ray tare, Ana* all their motley throng ia fiad. Again the •canning ■nauaons peals,. So I etut ap ud baste away, "With clattering hoofs an d circliag wheels, To take the road before the day. The stoaea fltsh fire as on we fly, I let the doctor's trap go by I IMS oat the dark, like dragon's eyes. The railway signals gleam o'erhead; Bare, when the level crossing Ilea, We wait the ais-ht-niail'i thundering ml waialwtad rash the train ties past, Tie hat* earth %aakas, the laadsoapo 3t«, aieaalag like a hollow blast, Yokes* tin beat of distant wheels, Boath ridet ahead t Qatee open ly 1 And let ike dcator's trap go by.'

PUTTING THE PLOWEEB TO BED. A message came to the flowers one day, Brought by the wind from tar, fax away j And this is what to each flower he said: ' Autumn ia coming to put you to bed.* . Autumn came soon the flowers to greet, Singing a lullaby soft and sweet, . The flowers covered their weary heads, And fell fast asleep in their coy beds. The leaves all sprang from the trees away; A splendid frolic they had that day. They sank to rest in a tired heap, Beady all last for their long winter sleep. Autumn's work was now nearly done• - . Leaves and flowers slept, and the birds had gone, For blankets cf soft white snow she s eat, And tucked them in nicely before she went