INTERRUPTED MUSINGS.

Auckland Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2241, 12 May 1877, Page 7

INTERRUPTED MUSINGS.

With forehead baredto wo» the breeze, I stood beneath the spreading trees, Immersed in,pleasing reveries, One summer night; The scene was one to charm, to please, A. poet Js> sight. From out a sky of clb __less blue Luna's bright orb.her radiance threAv, Silvering the tall! gum, trees, that grew Along, t_e lane; Bright gleam'd the myriad drops of dew That gpmii_ed the plain. Upon the beauty of the night I gazed with, feelings of delight ; In truth, it AV'as- a glorious sight— A fairy scene ; Words can't diseia&e its charms aright— T'Avas a_ serene. With upturned face and optics, I {J Was gazing at the moon and sky, When, just behind the hedge, hard by, A something stirred; I thought 'twas but the right wind's sigh Or else a bird.

But, as I turned around to see What had disturbed my reverie, Close past my head flew violently A heavy stick ; And then a gruff \-oice said to me, ' You hook it, quick !' I turned around and fled amain, A tall man chased me down the lane, And after many coarse, profane, And threatening speeches, He roared out, ' don't come here again After my peaches !'

T. S. Onehunga

You kissed me at the gate last night, And mother heard the smack ; She says its naughty to do so, So please to take it back. I took it back, and then said she, * You rogue, you stole another ; Please take it back.' I did, and then— I kissed her for her mother.