A NEW ZEALAND SLUMBER SONG.
■The/ following exqiXsite little poem by a I; New Zealand ; woman,! which was printed in ; "*• the collection of "New Zealand Verse," comes back to us' from the; "Toronto Globe!'-:— ■ Now the Golden day is ending, . See the quiet night descending, Stealing, stealing all the colours, all the ;'••■' roses from the west. Safe at home ench bird is. keeping .Watch'o'er nest and children sleeping, Dreaming tender dreams of sunshine, sleepIng warm, for sleep is best, .v Sleep, then, sleep, my little' daughter, ■Sleep to sound of running water, Singing, .singing through ,the twilight, sing- : ing little things to rest. / -,"\ ' .'•■,'. .... ■ .. ■ • ' Down beside the rivev flowing, _ Where the broom'and flax are growing, Little breezes whisper gently, as night's '; ' music-softly swells; . '. . ..' ' • Arid" like bells of Elfin pealing,' ■Lonely through the shadows stealing, Tinkling, tinkling through the twilight comes ~'', the' sound.of cattle bells. .
Sleep, then,, sleep', my little daughter, Cattle bolls, and wind, and water, Weaving, .weaving'chains of slumber, cast, about thee Dream'landJs spells. \ ' ~'.-'■ ■ —Mary HI Poyhter..
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 34, 4 November 1907, Page 3
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167A NEW ZEALAND SLUMBER SONG. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 34, 4 November 1907, Page 3
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