ORIGINAL POETRY.

Grey River Argus, Volume XXI, Issue 2365, 9 March 1876, Page 2

ORIGINAL POETRY.

'TWIKT THE MALVERN;Airb THE ■■; GREY,-; --■•-"■ : Far may the traVler roam,' ! - \ From his happy hearth and home, . Over sea, and overland, .• • ' J ■■ Over tide, and, over strand j " -, r s^ E'er, he in his course shall find' Fairer. scenes of any-kind, •: Than the country by the way : ■ 'Twixt the Malvern and the Grey. Passing 1 through the Bury plain", Stretching .low above the main, Land which kno\vs no changing view, Fields w'hich;bear mor no varied hue,_ But in sUmmef'Vhen the ? 'c6rifi i/: Ripens with each coming mornj f • - Hies the traVlerto. the'w'est, v . '''.. To a.land far. richer dressed,' . Known to 'many: ;'a,"g the.way,; ;,', . 'Twixt the .Malyern.an^the^rey* Nature here her beauty treasures, 1 Fortune here' her favor measures, And like jealous maids retain All their/secrets, from the .pjain '"'" Nothing venture, nothihg^wdn f Thus they woo men's sor.B-.tO: cbme And inspect the; dangerous way. , 'Twixt :the Malvern and the, Grey. Lake and river, hill and vale, Wood arid shingle, mount and. dale, Cloud and sunshine, storm and calm, All their beauty here embalm, 1 And in varied scene enfold Many, wonders yet untold ! ; :- ; Artists well may seek the way, 'Twixt the Malyern and the Grey. In an inn, for the coming night, We, must tarry till morning dawn, And patiently wait; for the light, ; ;; -. To bear us away frond the lawn £ To the sides of yon mountain high, ' Whose summit is wreathed in snow, And whose icicled crest is shy, Of the 1 sun,and its snirimer : glow ; But so soon as the day appears, '' ~ '• ' Our'quiet'cduree weinust^take^ And cast aside all fears ; - ' '' There's naught but these to stake, For the.haiid of our .driver has long, : Been used to the rein and the whip ; And safely he'll bring us along, In our course to HokatikJ ' 1 1 1 : ." - Sing ha ! sing ho ! sing hi ! But this an awkward name, In such a Poem to try ; Yet this is not our blame, To bur subject we toust^be true ; ■ Though a stupid plunge we make/ .^ On theback of 6ur:Pega9usnew/And require; to turn the ''break, . , " By curtailing the town of aria j Which stands at the end of, the > word. Perhaps in some future day; !,; •. It wont seem quite, so absurd, r; Meanwhile our Poets are few ; - And for lack of a prior transcriber Our critics must let this do, Until they can furnish a better ; ; And so until then let us follow,' The course we intend to pursue, . , And glance at the yawning hollo v, And the Waimakariri too. ; : No scene in the world so fair, No picture on earth so rare, ... As the cascades above the river below, The form of the mountain, the falJ of tht -snow; ..-..-.'..- .•,..,.!,...„ The hue of the trees, and the grandeur of way — - Which leads so beningly on to the Grey. Far may the tray'ler. roam, From his happy hearth and home, Over sea, and over land, Over mountain, over strand ; . Over hill, and over dale, Over forest, over vale, \ Over river, over lake ; . ..'. Over taugle, over brake,. Over fallow ; over fell, .... .-. Over flowery heath arid dell, • E'er he in his course shall find ; •' Fairer scene of any kindj - •. Than the country by the way 'Twixt the Malvern and the Grey. Here in native grandeur rise, Far above the stream. below, '* rv - Moun tains tow'ring to the skies ; Tipped with everlasting snow^- - Bearing on their rugged sideyV^ Trees and shrubs of ev'ry size, : ; Hollow brackens, caverns wide,. All that nature may devise,:-: To impress the- soul of man With the greatness of her plan, I This the picture by the way ; 'Twixt the Malvern and the Grey. But no w we descend the hill, Round which we our course have pursued, 1 : And here it needs all "Tommy's" skilL; ("For our coachmam is t7ise and shrewd), . : ; To preserve his brave horses from sliding, Too fast down the slippery road j And bringing too near to the siding, Our car with ila inmates'" aboard." J. P. W. (to be continued.) There appears to be a division of opinion in Reefton upon the question of establishing a : Municipality there, petitions - for and against the steps having been signed. The Herald supports the .proposal for a Municipality, bub is in error in supposing that a Municipal Council can levy a special rate for fire preventive purposes. It may vote sums out of its ordinary rates, but Borough Councils yet lack that very necessary power of imposing a fire rate.