THE PENCIL TREE.

Te Aroha News, Volume VIII, Issue 394, 17 August 1889, Page 3

THE PENCIL TREE.

ifrom the " Youth's Companion. 1 " ' .*. • • • \ •-• ;< :>. w ' Oh 1 ! could TMi the fortsfc < • ••'*! Where the pencil trees gro# ! Oh ! n\iglrt:l see:their stately stems " ' ,; ; All slanting in a row,! ••,-.. I d hie me to tlieir graceful aHade i ' ,- . rln deepest, deepest bliss, , v For then I need not hourly hear • • ' '■ A enorus such as this: ~ >• Oh ! lend me a "pencil, please, mamma 1 ! ' ' '" ' Oh 'draw me some houses and trees, mamma Oh ! make me H, floppy. - -.•>■ .. Great poppy ;to Gppy, And a horsey that .prances _ and goes, mamma -"' The branches of the pencil tree ' , Are pointed every One. Ay ! each one has a"{#ahcing-poinfc .<■ That glitters in the sun ; Ah! could I pluck one rustling hough , I d silence cries like these : (Oh ! lend me a pencil, doyroatmna,!! •. >< , , I ye got mine all stuck in theglue, mamma ! Oh ! make me a pretty ' • ' Big barn and a city - ;> •,- ' .'. .• " ,f And a cow and a steam engine, tQO.-roattttna ! The fruit upon. the pengii-tree -" : • ' Hangs ripening in! the sixh, ' • '-' In clusters brighfrof pocket knives, Three blades to every one. • Ah I might I pluck one- shining-fruit And- plant it by my door* The pleading cries, the longing sighs •*> . Would trouble ■me no.mrore^ ';•.-.- Oh!, sharpen a pencil for me mamma-l ! '' - '■ ' * Cause' Johnny and baby have th'fee.'mamma* ' And this isn't fine,!. ' AndHalsas onjtnine! w » " So'doltbefj-yu-ti-ful-lee, marnmaT -.."'t"