SOUNDINGS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2857, 16 December 1908, Page 88

SOUNDINGS.

" Littlt ir* kqow of the hoary Se» Till the Kea of Lead a?d Lin* Solve us a. tithe of its mystery, shew Btrange gleams of the limitless life b«l«w With their soundings: here b* miue." ABORIMA. Ho*r fair a scene ! The graceful deodar*, Dense macrccarpas, pines pyramidal, Set bounds on left and right to the earthlyview, While the blue sky, with its gray trailing clouds Filming to purest white, the hungry eye Satieties with its dreamy distances. How exquisitely lovely everything ! I The freshness and the growth of Spring arc I swathed | In the luxurious heat of Summer. All | The air's amove with tenderness: it steals Along the meadows, o'er the close-rankt blades Of whispering corn, up thro' the orchard rows i Of many-foliaged trees — three weeks ago Marvels of snowy beauty. Hark! Above Chatter the long laths of my cabbage palm, Responsive to that gentJe blandishment. And now o'er check, and neck, and brow it elides With indolont-insi6tent soft care&s That brings the warm blood up with sudden pulse, And fills the frame with the delirious joy, The, tremulous ecstasy, of Bea\ity*6 kissRapture which paeseth, joy which lives for aye. Hark to that chir-r-r in the pines! Some 6turdy bird That meeteth life half-way aJone could eing Strain so robust; and' hark again— some lark's Heaven-hidden trill, that ever niters down Thro' weft of sunbeams till it reach old Earth Purged of her stain and touoht with mystery, A message unto men. List, all around, The cheep and twitter of the £ongle6s crew About day's business ; not the jubilance Of that grand chorale to the mounting Sun When each his several share sustained with heart Pull nigh to bursting, palpitating throat, And love-winged notes j^yet a sweet medley, Of mirth and cheer and homely joy. How boom The blustering humble-bees from flower to flower, Bruising those delicate petals in their rough And reekle** search for treasure to bear off. Like robber Barons, to their secret cell*. How flit and hover bright-hued butterflies. The aimless, easy, hoftly-living crew That sip the sweets of love-in-idleness; Whil«» everywhere the glistering dTagonflies Pass and repass with graceful-earnest mien — The Knights, belike, of Flora's kingdom, bound Afai on noble- quest of chivalry. Yonder sweet Stocks are scenting all the air ; Here the Eschecholtzia's gorgeous orange cups Glow from their fiery depths; there's Deutzia, Thf Ariel of blossoms, spirit-pure, Daintily, delicately beautiful. There i 6 Forget-me-not — O flower apart, This it thy martyrdom, this houT of noon ; But when day wancth, and the twilight soffc Spreadeth her subtle charm on Earth and air, Then wilt thou wear thy crown of glory; then With what unearthly beauty wilt thou gleam, Ethereal, 6trange, enchanting — flower apart 1 There on the lawn's edge lingers yet the Broom, Scarce past the zenith of its perfectness ; Hard by, a Gcree clump of dull, dying gold. See, the Laburnum, with wild, awkwara grace, Wkle-branching, hangs its precious droplets down In quaint, precise profusion, row on row; While nearer, clearer than them all, behold Tho.-c creamy buds so shyly peeping thro' Their leafy lattices most maidenly, Not yft aflaunt in conscious loveliness; And, burning on its bush like ruby flung On emerald, one great red-hearted Rose. Mabsyas.

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