SONGS OF THE NEW MOTHERLAND. No 24. The Garden of the Kawau.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 228, 12 November 1887, Page 9

SONGS OF THE NEW MOTHERLAND. No 24. The Garden of the Kawau.

The morning smiled ; on countless trees Were birds of fair and golden hue ; The red sun rising o'er the hills Dispersed the m st, kiss'd up the dew. And gay festoons of crimson'd flowers Made fairy realms and fay-like bowers. Fair Eastern palms, with leaves of lace, Bent low before the gentle breeze, And creeping lines of golden grace Hung star-like round the cedar trees, And mighty oaks and pines were set Beside the musk and mignonette. The lilac bent her purple wealth To kiss the daisy s pale sweet face ; The fair laburnam wove her spells In playful mirth around the mace : And cowslips stoop'd in love to greet Forget-me-not and primrose sweet. The blue-bel rang a merry chime In answer to the morning breeze, And gay nasturtiums crept and twined Their smiles upon the camphor trees. And love-birds built their nests of hope In tuber rose and heliotrope. The damask rose her fragrance threw O'er pansies laughing 'neath her shade, The f uschia trees with bells of love Upon the musk their beauties laid ; Ancf buttercups threw on the scene Their wealth of love and golden sheen, And by huge rocks the graceful fern Peeped in and out among the fells, And striped tulips smiled beside Those frail sweet sprites— the asphodels And royal grass, of void and green, With mammoth rushes grow between. And by each stream, and pool, and rill, Fair water-lilies graced the scene, And butterflies on golden wings Flew weird-like, each a fairy qneen : Whilst gentle zephyrs seemed to sigh Their song of peace when passing by. 0 ! beauteous isle ! 0 ! Eden fair, I've loved thee well.and roamed thy bowers And revelled in thy wealth of gems, A devotee among thy flowers; And in my waking hours of pain 1 dream thy glories o'er aga-n. W. R. Wills,

A good old-fashioned success has been achieved at the London Comedy Theatre with "The Barrister," a farcical comedy fully equal in merit to either the u Schoolmistress" or " The Magistrate." Mnsgrove ■would like to purchase the Australian rights but it is understood that Mr Darnley, who plays the title role, means to retain them himself.