DREAM FAIRIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2582, 9 September 1903, Page 59

DREAM FAIRIES.

Far away over the mountains of b!ue, Is tht palace where dream-fairies dwell, And none but tho children its marvels majj view — At loast, so the fairy-books tell. When, the crimson sun sets on the fringe of tho day, The dream-fairies silently erect Out from its gates to the dwellings away Where the tired little children sleep. To river-side hovels or mansions of stone, No matter if east or if west, The dream-fairies come to the children alone, And give them the tLreams they love best. The children, they know, are, all of them, God's, Though dwelling in grandeur or shame: Are they rich"? —are they poor? Let be as it may, The dream-fairies come all the same. They watch o'er the beds—ah! some are not beds, But only the carpet-less flooi, "Where some of God's arab 3 have pillowed thei* heads And dreamed that existence was o'er. For the dream-fairies came and took them away To their beautiful palace afar: God's children together, the high and the low, May lidc in the dream-fairies' car. So come, littl. child, nestle closer to me, While I rock you and sing you to rest, Ero the dream-fairies come and take you t» see The palace of gold in the west. —W. Francis Chambers. Wellington, August, 1903.