FOR POETS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 187, 9 August 1930, Page 2 (Supplement)

FOR POETS.

RESULTS OF RECENT COMPETITION. --'

Below are printed tlie best attempts contributed for the poetry competition conducted in the Budget of July 2. Each line is taken from the works of some more or less well known poet.

(First by' Betty Molesworth', Mtftmt Roskill.)

Adieu, adieu, my native shore fadest o'er the waters . blue.—"Childc Harold" (Lord Byron). I'm bidding you a long farewell', my Mary fond and true.—"Lament of the Irish Immigrant" (Lady Duf> ferinj. t But out spake gentle Henry, "No Frenchman is my foe."—"The War of the League" (Lord Macaulay). 'Twas I that led the Highland hosts through wild Lochaber's Snow.— "Execution of Montrose" (Professor Aytoun). Fill every beaker up my men, pour forth the cheerful, wine.—"The Baron's Last Banquet" (A. Greene). And departing, leave behind tis, footprints on the sands of time.—"The Psalm of Life" "(Longfellow).

"Bravo, bravo!" the King cried out, "all honour to those who try.—"Bruce

and the Spider" (E. Cook). Why does he linger fondly in the street of By-and-bye ?—"The Street of By-

and-Bye" (Mrs. Abdy). All night from tower to tower they

sprang, All ' night' from hill to hill.—"The Armada" (Lord Macaulay). Speak to these curious hearts of ours and'teach them,to be still.—"The

Burial of Moses" (Mrs. Alexander)'. King, ladies, lovers, all look on, the occasion is divine. —"The' Glove and

the Lions" (Leigh Hunt). So round his melancholy neck," a rope he did entwine.—"faithless Nelly Grey" (Thomas Hood).

(Second fey Kathleen Walker,- Henderson). She was a phantom of delight.-r-'fA Perfect Woman" (Wordsworth). Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.— "Daffodils" With, folded feet> in stoles of white.—

"Sir Galahad" (Tennyson). We" will not think of themes like these.— "The Isles of Greece" (Lord Byron),

AUGUST 3. Boyle, Alice. McKernan, Doreen. Battersby, Douglas. McQuoid, Vera. Bartlett,. George. Nacey,. James. Brown, Jessie. Nell, Jean. Cameron, Hilda. Pointon, Dorothy. Dare. Charles. Quedley,. Bessie. Fi'eldsend,. Jean. Skinner, Gladys. Foster, Dorothy. Skinner, Heather. Goodison,, Kenneth. Sefton, Nol'a. Langridge, Doreen.' Smith,, Joyce. Lusbv, Howard. Thompson, Percy. Morris, Betty. Turner, Joan. McPike, Marjoric. Wilson, Doris. AUGUST 4. Battye, Sybil. Markwlck, Lois. Crooks. Dorothy. Murrell, Joan. Canncll, Pascal. McAneney, Nancy. Dolores, Joyce. Mcßeath, Kitty. Groves, Mildred. Meßae, Jean. __ Hewitt, Majorie. McMenamin, K. i Hay; Balfour. • Paul,, V.vra. :Kensington, Betty. Rcid, Graham^ Kitson, Alma. Sommervllle, No.ncy. ' Kirklnnd, Robert. . Spring,. Moita. Langdon, Kathleen. Watt, Peter. Lowe, Cyril. Wright, Mack. .Mooney, Mildred. Wells, Keith. AUGUST 5. ■ Allen, Winnie. Osborne, Freida. Bartlett, Jim. Page,, Doris. Carey, William. Peat, Mavis. Fish. Thomas. Shaw, Olwyn.v Firth, Mavis. Spooner, James. Gomas, William. Sarich, Eugene. Harvey, Gordon., Stowell, Hilda. Lyon, Rita. Taylor,. Evelyn, Mungall, Allan. Urquhart, Eileen. Morris, Alice. White, Joan. .Mutch, Myra. Walsh, Pauline. Nixon, Mervyn. Williams, Hilary. , AUGUST 6. Duff, Alma. Plank, Francis. _ Fisher, Miriam. Purchase, Phyllis. ■Hart. Frank. Ranston, Nancy. Horlock. Connie. Reed. Gladys. Hunt, Phillip. Spring, Ernest. Jacobs, Toseohlne. Sands, Gladys. Jones,. Lola. 4 Toye, Winnie. Kemp, Mary. Wood. Arthur. Morrow, Ronnie. Wright, Ernest. MacKenzie, William. AUGUST 7. Brisfer, Eric. Lynn, Mabel. Barrell. Catherine. Leach, Miriam. Bonskill, John. Leaper,- Beatrix. Bland, Jessie. Murgatroyd, Elsie. Brandon, Eileen. McKenzie, Eunice. Clarke, Kathleen. McKlnney, Kathleen Dohertv, James. Nicholson, Kathleen, Davidson, Ross. Pilkington, Joyce. Dickinson. Elsie. Shepherd, Mabel. Griffin, Margaret. Sharp, Mabel. Gregory, Ruth. Tomlinson. Gladys. Johnson, Maurice. Wright, Moana. Lees.. Janet. Wylie, Helen. Lawrie, Margaret. Young, Douglas. AUGUST S. Andrews, .Tban, Miller, Edna. Ansell, Miriam. McGregor, Thorn. . Brodericky Victor. Owens, Nancy. > Bueklev, Gladys: Ormond, Anita. Bak,, Vera. Pinhey,, Yettchen. Dillon, Ethel. Stewart. Molly. Dunphv. Noelene. Summerhayes, Joan. Gray, Edward, Way, Betty. Johnstone, Helen. White, Florence. Kemp, Joan. Wilson, Nolene. Ludgate, Beatrice., Weber, Almar. Marsden* Rosalie. Yeoman, lean. AUGUST 9. Bourne, Phillip. Langton, Doreen. Bailes, Dulcie. Little", Clifford. Biffing, Elsie. Murray, Annie. Brown, Frederick. Melvern, Roma. Childs, Gordon. Miles, Dorothy. Chisnolm, Albert. Pratt, Eldon. Franich. Josephine. Pyke, Gwendoline. ;.Taggar-Sniith, Denis. Seddon, Charles. Jones, Ella, Watson, Kathleen. !Kemp, Henry. Woods, Phyllis.