DID TROY FALL?

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 4, Issue 122, 17 December 1915, Page 1 (Supplement)

DID TROY FALL?

The Old Men of Troy, they sat on the wall, < A mighty council, chirping away That never, never could come the day When Troy would fall. The Old Men of Troy, they sat on the Avail; ''Nine years hath our city withstood the Greek, Our gates are untouched, our citizens sleek, Why should Troy fall?" "We have warriors in plenty, young and tall; Some men must graze the flocks on the hill. And some must barter, and some must till; How can Troy fall?" " Some too, must feast in their painted hall, And sing and dance, so the foe shall say; 'Such laughter we hear by night and by day, Troy will not fall.' " "And women must spin and weave, one :ind all, As they ever have; it Mould never be right Tlicy should do man's labour to let man fight; Troy cannot full 1" The Old Men of Troy, they sat on tire wall. And they talked and talked, till the flames shot high. And blood was on earth, and blood in the sky;. And—did Troy fall?

Olio evening recently an Irishman to London stood looking over Hyde Park with intend admiration, when without any notice a small fly buzzed into hfs eye, bringing tears and prayers in plenty. He blinked and winked, and rubbed his eye. "Wisha, bad scran to ye," said he. "Wasn't the whole of Hyde Park bij| enough for you to fly in?" On the Auckland Subbu6s got into conversation with who remarked "I see you are putting up a good many new buildings." "les," answered Sububbs; "new buildings arc the only kind we put up." They were sitting hand iu hand on fc.lit) gnarled trunk of a fallen oak. "I dreamed of you last night," she 6aid, in a rich Cockney accent. "Did you, really?" he inquired, and .a tint of red suffused his brow like the blush that kindles on the timid cheelt or mojrn. "Yus," she said, "I alius dreamt when 1 'as a good tuck-in of lobster and rhubarb pie afore going to roost." Sea ico yields fresh water wljob, melted.