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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 7, Issue 357, 12 March 1866, Page 1

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CELESTIAL nOllfll fTTHE Sun had put his nightcap on. W And covered o’er his head. And countless Stars appeared suaid The curtains round his bed. The Moon arose, most motherly. To take a quiet peep Bov all the Stars behaved while he, Her sovereign, was asleep. Sbasav them wink their silv’ry eyes, , AS if in roguish play; Though silont all, to her they seem’d As If the y’d much to say. Eo, lest their frolics should disturb The sleeping King of tight. She rose so high that her mild eye Could keep them all in sight. The Starr., abashed, stole softly hacl^ And look'd demure and prim, Until the Moon began to nod. Her eyes becoming dim. Then sleepily she sought her home, That’s somewhere—who knows where? And as she went the playful stars Commenced their twinkling glare. And when the moon was fairly gone* The imps with silvery eyes Had so much fun it woke the sun. And he began to rise. He rose in glory: from his eyes Sprang forth a new-born day; Before whose brightness all the Start Ban hastily away. —Mark Lane Express.