ORIGINAL POETRY.
THE SCHOOLBOY'S LAMENT AT THE END OF THE HOLIDAYS. By John Gk Smith. My sunny days are nearly o'er, Fair Nature's fsce I'll see no more, No pleasure is for me in store — The school begins on Monday. Oh ! how I love abroad to roam, And view the ocean's crested foam : But nought of this hare -we at horne — The school begins on Monday. I loved to rise at early dawn, And brush the dewdrops from the lawn ; But now I lie abed and yawn — The school begins on Monday. 'Twas grand to view tue morning rays Light up the ocean with a blaze j There's nothing now but cloud 3 and haze — The school begins on Monday. I've trod sweet Eoslyn's forest o'er ; I've sailed by Murihuku's shore. More desolate now than lone Lismore — The school begins on Monday. I've stood beside Waihopai's Bay, And seen the sinking sun's last ray Illume its giories. Where are they — The school begins on Monday. O were my satchel time but o'er, And I one of the P.O. corps, I'd pass a law that evermore No school begins on Monday. When life is drawing to a close, 'Twill be a solace to my woes To know that where my bones repose J- Uo school begins on Monday,
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Southland Times, Issue 649, 27 March 1867, Page 3
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217ORIGINAL POETRY. Southland Times, Issue 649, 27 March 1867, Page 3
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