DRAKES AND DILLIES
The artificial lake has become a watery whirl of commotion. From all corners the ducks are paddling to the centre. One of them has important news to impart. Gossip is in the wind . . . Even ducks have the dignity of being included in the annals of poetry, for: ”... drakes and dillies Nest with pale water stars, Moonbeams and shadow bars, And water lilies But if you go too near, They look at you through black, Small, topaz-tinted eyes And wish you ill. Strange birds, these. They even gaze aloft at the first sign of approaching thunder and, alert with presage, huddle together in mysterious quiet.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 41, 11 May 1927, Page 14
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107DRAKES AND DILLIES Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 41, 11 May 1927, Page 14
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