The Lambing Shed
LD buxom willows with their wreathing boughs, Guard here an English peace unvisited By wild Sou’-West, or any wind that blows, And here our sheep-girl planned a lambing shed, And now it stands, and all our hearts rejoice To see the mothering ewes secure. not snow Itself can harm them, for good choice Made Canterbury’s farmer of this row Of stalwart pine-trunks that support the roof Thick-lined with green manuka, and awoof . Of thatch to turn the rain. Through the close wall Of etree -2aiee leaks no breath of cold + at all. Here ewes and new-born lambs in warm content Grow strong to face the outer element -N. F. H. MacLeod.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 9, Issue 223, 1 October 1943, Page 2
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114The Lambing Shed New Zealand Listener, Volume 9, Issue 223, 1 October 1943, Page 2
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