CHINESE LANTERNS
Chinese lanterns on a string Lightly dip and sway and swing; Softly shines theif mellow light, Through the warm midsummer night. Here a fish fantastic beams, There a bluebird mildly gleams; Strange pagodas hang in air. All bedecked with blossoms fair. Pictured bridges, gardens, trees, Queer designs from overseas; Green and yellow dragons show By the candles’ golden glow. Breezes softly sift and drift. Gently puff and stir and lift; Lanterns and lanterns tall, Swinging, swaying, one and all.
Old Madam Winter of joy cannot lack. Though her bones may be chilled to the marrow, For she carries a hamper of corn on her back, For feeding each thrush and each sparrow. Old Madam Winter has friends in the field That greet her with chirping and singing, And can vision the sweetness the springtime will yield, When the first of the wild flowers are springing. —W.S.T.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 50, 21 May 1927, Page 25 (Supplement)
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148CHINESE LANTERNS Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 50, 21 May 1927, Page 25 (Supplement)
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