THE BELL-BIRDS.
fTlie bell-birds in the magic woods, 0, harken to tlio witching strain. It flows and fills in silver floods, And fills and flows again. 'A' golden dawn with blood-red wings Flies low along/thb shades of night. O, harken how the carol springs, , And trembles with delight. tThe forest leaves are all afire The bell-birds. skim from bough to bough. ! ©, listen to the holy choir, / So liquid and so low.
Oil, hush! Oh, hear! An elfin chime, The dewdrop trembles on the branch, A solo sweet, a scattered rhyme, A golden avalanche. The fruits are picked, the lovely throng Have flown, and sung their parting strain; But such a witchery of song We shall uofc hear again. •—Bv William Satchell. —From Pearl Herbert, M.8.G., Bellilcliem, Tauranga. Age 16. Copied.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20958, 22 August 1931, Page 4 (Supplement)
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130THE BELL-BIRDS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20958, 22 August 1931, Page 4 (Supplement)
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