THE MOPOKE.
r. 'Neath a gaunt old fuchsia straying. Youthful neighbours twain are playing, Little heed me pair axe paying To the moon uprising clear. Careless of the damp dew falling. Or their parents wond'ring, calling (For the mopcke's note appalling .Kings out harshly on the ear) — "Mopoke! Short is jour day, Children at play, Mopoke!" 11. 'Xeath the fuchsia tree, at meeting, Warmly loving h&arts are beating - While they Kslen to th' greeting From, a leafless branch on high, Where the gloomy mopoke, gloating O'er the lovers fondly doting, Croons his wild, weird ncleq oulfloating Underneath the moonless sky — "Mopoke ! Short is the span, Maiden and man, Mopoke!" 111. Soon the day is dull and dreary, And one heart is sad and w&ary, And the soughing winds sigh eerie Thro' the gho&tly withered tree?. Jiear {he mopoke, wailing, ciying 1 , As the fading- light is dying On the leaver autumnal flying From th' fudden rustling breeze— "Mopoke ! Death after Life Cease care and 1 strife, Death after Life, Mopoke!" — J. WLavctclkzt. Bound Hill, Southland. January, 1909.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2862, 20 January 1909, Page 78
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177THE MOPOKE. Otago Witness, Issue 2862, 20 January 1909, Page 78
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