WHICH?

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 710, 8 January 1910, Page 12

WHICH?

Away- with' the; bards >,oi -the;. Christinas: : ■;•"• •■'\CaTds,"--!-;''- 1 ■■"':>' •-•:■■■'■.■..■.S^- !rVi- :: .! ;. ;■With' , their drivel. of; swirling • snows..'?; .And : thewheezy i : Botes: : o£/,their:f;ln»ky ; ..;•• ■ 4'f; .:>;,:■■■; •P.Sy.Z-Xs ~; A nd' the'.'; chilblanes |pn. their- toes,.!,: .Let;us 'hyma. the:-pi'di^/ofi-the , golden - ; :;.■ > days:-; ;;.■■— ''vfr^A,!; ; v; :.?.y;.-'\ v- : 'When the; only.' ice.thafsinear; "ft";;.. , : Is the bit- that .we;dr6p;;with a'.cooling' [.-■' v ;"plbp,",;•;■■ ■ ':'.}-if- '.•■.'•,.!-■ ::.;Into our ■ginger.-beer;ri'v; i » ; ) s Others,may keep 'the'joys.'..that peep'::?' . 'From... their'.- poems- ■ vmen,' : ; \Chrisfmas ~,--.■; .."'.comesi;.'.V'.;i.,-,';.- i .V , :,;;.V''.'.:-':'..-:;','■..';..;» The.mist and fog, ■an'di'the''Tule-tide .log. : , \And..the holly, .that pricks .the thumbs;. .The , ivrassailing;:dread 'tbat swella"' , the ..';':: •'•.■.liead , '>' , :;-. ! ;--v.;;-:/.';? i : i :-: i ". , ->::i : -..' , :'r.,V .^i.^il v: And the pies that make -one. queer, ■ ' ■■' i : Ifs.better to. take-a slice;.o£ cake:'i/';:' ;; And. a ■■bottlo.', of "ginger-beer, 1 :';,. •■;• •::/,;■ Oh, \ say; would' iybii. choose- the .'rubber '.'■'.i' , ' , ■•■. :: ' , Baocs;" ■" ■■■■■■•,-.■'.:".■..,' : -■■-'."'';.■-■.■ ;'•?;"':•'■■, \. ■-■, • •■; The : "waits"., with; , .their ■' noses.'jblue.;. : ; ! Tho; smirking, soiils irith;their. f .Christinas '■-. ; ; fvc'dplesi- ■•'•'■;;- : v'[■ V:.-i ; i.'■.■ ■■ f:•;■''■;. •■'i'.;.:.> , ='And' puddihgs'.that stick like 'glue; The::'beef,pn spits,:,and-tho.■ ollen- mits,-: •And the''-innVcnzii:..diea'r77' , V;'^i'o;^ ! v. ; r, .'of shade,? by.a'gnm-tree , made ■And.; ilyy and.stuff,are; right enough; &■'■.'■•■: ■'.'-;' : ''•.. ■ : tikowiso the'',misuetne,- . : :.-.■ 1 :'::>.: ;;'; : ,,; ■■■ When. 1 tho trees - ate; bare in the , ; mntry ■ ,; ' ii :.-' , .air" , :":'..•;:'-!'>': , .V^ : . i: i ( '"v: l :, , iW ,; : v .V And.' the -biting: east winds -blow,. ■ •}:-. ;:-Vv-Buf-.giTe .iis, : the. trees , .:;that',are. always ■.'.•'■ ''. ■■ green/;-' , : [; : -.'f±v-.*";::.■ ■ -Arid , thegirlsmbt, seVere,' , ", v; ;' ''And.'the: sun: , that's 'best; you .can-have. .'.■'■'. .'•■;' the' : rest— tf;-tk.\ ■' "/'v/;':' :;; "' : Even the ginger-beer.;;^y\; \: ,;::■>'- ; : r : * \;.; '': : —"J.S;", in/Sydney^.'.'Daily-.Telegraph;' , .,