MORNING STILLNESS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2840, 19 August 1908, Page 86

MORNING STILLNESS.

'Tis true.itli* morn is beautiful — Th« brigEtest of blue skies, The fairest garden in the -world On -which to feast our •eyes. ___ The ■ mountains in the dastsun<Je, The cottage and the mill, , rj \ Tih» dim, ■diark woods — sweet solitiiSes,— » And all so calm and still. , So tell me, oh. my neighbours! What lacks this ■pretty scone, Where charming colours blend so well—* Rose, purple, blue, and green?— This scene that does not satisfy, Though -'with such beauty rife? I h«a.r you- say, " This picture ga.y, My neighbour, lacketh life." Now, look along th» thdckefc Thiougih yonder tangled wild, ■--With merry vdic© and laughing eyea Steps fotth a little child. "Qome, Jaok^, and: naughty Rover !' e The darling cries witlh pride. Arid loj, hex dumb companions com© Swift bounding to her. side. A maiden and her lover J Appear upon fche scene; A A double shadow now is cast , -3 "' - Upon the tender green. V. ( -, , A flock 01 sheep and lacmbltina - Jus.t coming from the> foldAs y<jnder sun, his ia«e begun, Glides through the gates of go!<J. Ah ! now this living picture Is beautiful indeeel — ' This open book, with pages lit Wherein to run a*nd read. The children and the roses — The lovers and the wood — Where earth is rife -with love and lifeIt outweighs solitude. Companionship i« pleasant When hearts arc -not of stone, And well we know '' it is not good Fox man to fee alone." — Shamhock. Otam».