PEACEFUL PICTON.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXIX, Issue 111, 14 May 1906, Page 1

PEACEFUL PICTON.

(By a Contributor.)

What a charming haven for those who love old Ocean in his gentler moods, who delight in dallying with him where his brow is unfurrowed, and a beneficent smile irradiates those erstwhile stormy and menacing features ! Yonder lies Mabel Island— how near our lady of the lili^ gpcsins this morning with these strange tints of purple darkening her verdure! But no, Mabella cannot tempt us to-day; we will round Wedge Point, for sea wraiths arc. beckoning us, and their witching voices murmur to each ear, "Come unto these yellow sands."

Yes, we're off t« ulay Gipsios again. Amy, Lucy and Pengeliy—not forgetting our "sweet singer: for what would even the most glorious summer's day be without its melodies? Hark, totlicj babble of the water against our boat's bow; }«n't that music?—as sweet as any that David's hary eoukl produce in days gone by, I'M warrant. But even more cheering to the heart, more exhilarating to the drooping spirit, than the Psalmist's lyre pi- the laughing water, is the music of a kindly and ready tongue, prompted by a cordial and generous nature. So we won't leave our gentle philosopher behind, if you please, and we'll remember his " ccmii'yj'tny" for the wind blows keenly now and thfn. Ah! "If this bo vanity, who'd be wise." Three cheers for a Gipsy's life, Three* cheers for our Gipsy queen. For the king, and all of our merry band, With never a sigh between,