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Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 70, 23 March 1935, Page 14

IN A FOREST. (Original.) I wandered through a forest In searoh of forest flowers; - I gathered golden kowhla. In sweet dew-laden shower*. I passed 'neath waving tree-ferns. The soft grass 'neath my feet: A bell-bird sang above me His song so clear and swept. 1 gathered wild clematis. Long sprays of (listening whlt»i And then some crimson rata, With shining petals bright. And then I started homewards •Neath the glowing sunset sky. And eoholng through the stillness Cams the tuft rippling cry. "RED-WING" (16).

"THE SIDE-PATH." j ■'~...;■.,■ There are tall and shady trees along ,the:sideThere's a whlsp'rlng little breeze—along the aide-path— - And the branches gently sway While the leave 3 are blown away, ; And they're falling, ever falling—on thei side* path. ' ' They crackle when we walk upon the side-path, And I never wish to talk —alone the side-patn— But to listen to the sound Of the leaves upon the eround . ~i As they crackle 'neath our feet along'the; sidepath. , '.■■'■'■ There's a aost alluring view, along the, sldeOf the vast iPaciflc's blue—beyond the sidepath— ' ■. • '■ How the white waves dash about ■ ' ~ On the headlands jutting out! ■ . Oh, it's thrilling just to' walk along the, slaePathl GINA BALLANTTNB (14).' Sydney. ■ „„„