OUR JUVENILE POETS

New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12211, 8 August 1925, Page 16

OUR JUVENILE POETS

THE FAIBY BING. Come all ye little Elves and Fairies Who joined the Fairy Bing. . . ,We meet to-night by the old green Oak. And happily dance and sing. Come, Fairies, come in shimmering clothes 'And wings that softly gleam. . . . Take a seat in the mushroom rows With the Elves in brown and green. Supper is laid on the mossy green With the nicest of fairy fare. And Will-o’-the Wisps light up the scene As they flitter here and there. Queen Fairiel comes in a thistledown coach Drawn by gold butterflies, With' elfin pages to herald her approach As they fly in the moonlit skies. - Wo all join in the revels to-night Our lovely wings aglisten. . . We dance until a golden light Breaks o’er the glen. Hark! Listen! Whisht! hasten home, tHfi daylight breaks, ;. : The stars,begin to.fade! Oh! hasten home ere mortals wake And find,us in the glade! By Audrey- Baoumgrem, aged Jl.

MOONLIGHT. I went last night, went last night, Over the hills to play, And there I met some fairies Dancing in a moonlight ray They were dancing, dancing, dancing. . And I did so want to stay! By Marcia Nicolaus, aged 8. autumn. All the leaves are changing colour Upon the trees that once were green, Where perched the birds so gay. Singing their songs at the break of day. The leaves are changing to red and brown. And the rain is falling down, down, down. , The little birds have left their trees. And are flying far acros3 the seas. When the warm spring comes along They will come back with their chirp and song, - - • When the leaves are green on the trees so tall,. They will build a nest for their young < birdies so small. By Maud Mcllveney, aged 11. (We like it very much Maud . . but do you notico how much longer the last line is than the other? It makes it sound heavy. Say it with “young ones small” instead ana you will see what I mean.— Fairiel.) ><X=X)'G=X)<=>()-C=>o'C=>o<=>o'C