SUNSHINE VERSES

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 96, 20 October 1934, Page 20

SUNSHINE VERSES

SffWHG : '. ■ " .; :."• -■-: (Original.) - Awnkenifig one bright 'morn/: : .... I,saw a jlttlo lamb, new borii, • -And heard*the thrush bogin to sing. ■ ' ..And then- I knew thjif it Vvas Spring! ■ ,1. peeped-but of1 my.window— A sight I-(lid behold! •■-•■. . Some daffodils were, nodding ! .. Their., heads of sliiniiis gold; - Some little calves were frisking •: ' Out in the pure,, sweet air.;. ■_: . I loved to- watch thani' playing, And running- raocs there. ■ ' nVako .'lip. 1 Wake up!. Spring is here: ■ . \Vinter.'s, cone— nothing's drew!" ;. ' ' "UIAiVATHA". (11). ilaslcrton... ■.;-._-.„. ..-;■..... = ■...-..;- •.:. ; : SPBIN& ;GOtD. . : ' > (drißlnftl.p •■:-'■■ Dancuiß yellow, daffodils, _. Clorso bloom on the windswept hills, Celandines .with golden sheen, Primrose, peepinß: ticjiV the' green, ; : - Towiis may" Keep"their-wealthy-store, I havo gold—enough—and--more,-Kinseups by a silver stream Cowslips where the sunbeams gleam. THE FOREST GLADE. (Orleinal,) The sky above is of azure blue, The earth beneath is green, The little knoll on which I 101 l To me seems, like 3 dream. The sliy sweet violets, peep at mo .•:'From.licatli-.their quaint wee hoods',' '. The 'j'el'tow' daffys danee-and pranca ■With--btuebells in the woods. - By "RIPPLIXa LAUGHTER" (11). Karori. r ':/. v "■;;. 'VSfßin.gtjme, ; 7 ", 7 '•; '•'■■ -.. ■'■■ 'iTtprWs'lll:} * ; Spring is here again, And in the meadow whore I lie I thought I saw n butterUy , Flyine over tlio liiljtops green Like a lovely .fairy...dream. " i ... ■'.. • . : . .."ROBIX" (D» Karori.

SPRING FAIRIES. . (Original,) : ! : Spring, •so gentle, tender, and ewout, .'i Ciimo dancing through-the mefldow-landj : 'And fnlrios danced around her' feet, ' ..•'■'As lightly slie touched the' JJuda with h'or hand. The world becamo a glorious sight > As spring cume tripping thro' the grass, In every garden were daffodils bright, And sea and lakes were as smooth as glass. Spring kissed-the trees, and they, too, stlrrgd, Everything woke at the sound of lior voice. , Gently she whispered to each little bird, "I am Spring 1 Rejoice! Rejoice!" ! .k ■ ... ■ ; "WHITE, SOX" (10). ...VNapior,;: \,7- ' r " ■~./.:■ .V . , ..■