THE SWING.
B6ne"ath the leafy trees, - ' Where/joyous birds'are singiag, In' the balmy, summer, breeze, A maiden fair is swinging!
flertairy-forin is seen ; - ■ In all its grace and lightness, "TCitheverycharml"vyepn- r-ojn Of youth's unsullied brightness.
~Her df es'8«ll shoWy white. :. Could' really not beneater, With'Tuby; slashings.dight,.^, ; No choice could be discreeter.
•fierdainty slippered (foot, ■ w I -That moves in rhythmic motion, -Might shake a saint's .conceit Or misanthropic notion.
Tfee'ahiorotts-winds thattoy ; o With her luxuriant 'tresses,.-,.-, -Might feel a conscious joy ■ If such their beauty' guessda. •In eyes of peerless, blue La t .< i Xtouch of seraph, splendour, -IsnvirrOTed'intheii'huei V isnd' tenHei. ■ ' k fieriface-r.oh! passingfair» \ 0 .',: -Some bard in strains Tpywan '"Should fling the beauty fare"" ■" Of this idyllic vision. Some artist should be here At this still evening hou*. To-paint the glories near On turret,-tree and 'towe*; %Ontnansion,Jake.an4Ja^P- - Jp dreamless calm repip'siMg; . wfth'drawn, :;. TTfglif s'beauties are diselosinj?. Biifrah!. thie era w. ning^grace I Still hariritamte'ih-its'sfetablance'; *Fheheaxity 6t her fatie - ■-* -• -1 '• • •^tllllives in my remembrance. , . ifiSlfensviHe. A. W. HtfttßY.
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Auckland Star, Volume XIX, Issue 23, 28 January 1888, Page 3 (Supplement)
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168THE SWING. Auckland Star, Volume XIX, Issue 23, 28 January 1888, Page 3 (Supplement)
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