THE VALLEY BENEATH THE SXOWS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2845, 23 September 1908, Page 77

THE VALLEY BENEATH THE SXOWS.

: We 'oved bj- Dreamy River; : And c tiong- was lliu love phe gave i (Her brown e\es thon c v. it'll j i And her voice was strong and biave. t ' And I lock my ilaori maiden To the towns where the grey s-moke lose, j Far fiom hej kin and people. In th c valley beneath ;he snov,-s. f Bi:t %he alwa}'s hafe r l {he cities: I Sho cc ' j ul =o, many tiw; 5 Would i- :.i.e her f>r.r,s pbout mo "When I 'at wnti'i:? in. m:=. "Come, iejve the ink a^-cl perper, The pen that chives you mad, And jou then 'hall ho happy s And I no longer i "We shall go hack to my peep'" — I Mv ueople fsi <l\va^. ■ A'i." G"ocl' ihe-:« street. !hes» a 1 ..;« I The« c v.alls tl a c sino>^--'.a"k- l'K';' I *. . . But I turned w.ih cro'e-s 'aiiL'i ci I That must have thil'cl her iii-ait: , "Dear wife, I'd die of du\i^<--" — One day Death Uirev, his dait. I turned to Dreamy Ri< When tl'e $unniicr day^ wore o'cl, An<l the auiumn busi in setting Had flnsh"d ihc lea\cs wnh god; And I stend by the -lien: v. aieio In the tall brown ri\c-r-£ra =s. i And watched o'er the va'lc\-, a r d moiiniain 0 ' j The evening shadows pa-- j But. oh, t!)pp pace vis iri»*y' ) All sat co c t r aiisre and '-til . Xo more the voice* of M,*cii<; Came dreami'y down the bill OH.- the c!d ftax v.hare-, M-ood, Rottm« m stin and rain. ' For i?onc weie the Maou peon's J And they come not a^a.ii ' Arcl as T stood in the =ik-nee Facing tl.?t 1 .? grVJen AYe c t. Over tho lnighiy iiiotii.taiii 19 Sank the wild <=v. ai« to ie~t. . O'i'y a 'liadoiu mopol.p Cal'rd like -cm c m 'ear "When T camo to Droamv TJiver In the auiumn of the year. I po no mere +o the mountains, ; Hut n:t in rhc cool twiiisrht I '-gc 'V° pHo-t of my lovr Jom the wild swans in flrj'lit And I knew they go to the mountains. To t'je si!en t liver iha: ficiv= For evfr tnd for eveiwc' Ir the val'ey beneath the [ — E. L. Ey£3. Devon port, Auckland l