"THE STAG."

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 35, 11 February 1933, Page 19

"THE STAG."

(Original) : vo^i '";,- As graceful as a forest-nymph, ;"-~ A.creature swift of fob{,J4Bd-suiA;--:c; .A stag, dainty ami slenjier, limbed^-1",.. Enjoying mountain air so pure, "I i '

Lazily plucking the sneet grass. On it goes In the warm sunlight. Then nimbly bounds from rock to roel^; And gracefully clambers out of sight.. "TANITCHICA" (15)1 Miramar. _ •-• , • "THE FAIRY KING." Oh, havo-you-seen-the fairies -dance - — Upon, a summer's night? And -watched .the' gnomes* and >pixies-praiie* -Whene'er the moon Js bright T * 'Tis splendid fun to see them run As soon as it grows light. And then, at dawn,-they lean behind A ring or toadstools wee; c - (Where they, have danced you'll always fit This mark for folks (o see). Then oft they fly into tha' skyJust as tUo' dock strikes' 'throe.'" ' -pound by* "QUEEN O' THE JIAI"(U). -Porirua. < ~ . * * - »■■ "BILBERRY BELL." Or all the elves Sn Cowslip lielL _" The wickedest, merriest, Trickiest, cheeriest Elf la Bilberry BelL He steals the.farmer's milk at will. And rolls his.cheeses down the hill; And buzzes in the milkmaid's car To make her think that wasps are near! Be steals the huts from many a house To give them .to ■ a harvest mouso, And, as a highwayman, for money, He makes the bees give up, their honey. Found by 'TBINCESS SILVEB BOSK." mramar.