THE NEW COMET.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 17 December 1927, Page 8

THE NEW COMET.

(To the Editor.) A gentleman by name Voullaire, Was entrusted with iiis infant,’s care, One glorious night last week; Awakened by that infants cries, From hi® bed he had to rise, And for it®, feeding-bottle seek. Now. to feed that little scamp, He had tq. light the spirit-lamp, Tb have it food of right degree; And whilst the food was being cooked, He, up into the heavens, looked. And a comet, be did see. He rubbed his eves, he 'blinked, he gazed, And with its splendour was amazed ; Had it escaped detection? With flowing ta.nl and brilliant head. The Modern’s wonder, Ancient’s dread; That comet of perfection. Quoth he: “It surely is no crime, To claim that comet now as mine, And with my infant share The glory of immortal fame, I’M here and now that cornet name And call it ‘Madeleine Voullaire.’ ’’ Hail ley’s comet came and went, How to predict that great event; No Englishman had learned. Until Halley worked its orbit out. And proved " without the slightestdoubt, It had many times returned. And so the- Comet Voullaire saw, Hod traversed a million times or more, Its orbit round the sun; And with splendour much diminished, Its race-of-lile had almost finished. Ere Man’s had yet begun. Wihiat credit then is due I ask. For that which calls for no task, Neither physical nor mental; For most discoveries of mankind, If you investigate will find Are purely accidental. —Qbseiver.