TREE CITY.
I know a little city on a green arid | - sunny hi_V " • i .,'.-.. ■'.. '_,■ j Where a hundred tiny families have i homes; - jits byways are uncrowded, its- leafy-; j lanes are still, . i And. there, no. noisy, .raillrpad e,A_fcr^ > comes. Tlie homes are high airy; they ■•• hang and rock and sway.. .-..•*•• Whichever Aray the summer breezes blow; They have no doors or AvindoAvs, no roof to bloAv- away, But leafy .aAvninjjs shade, the babes bejp'w. . ' ' , .. The fathers and v the mothers all earn ■ , the|r ; ' datjy thread, 5 ; It , And bring it to the little ones who cry ; They do. not, ride, or i-motoi*, they do itp.t . Av^Jk — instead , ■ j They choose the very latest ,moder7they fly! " ' > [ ' . - '.' ■ •'■•' •''''- -The happy little citizens Avho live so \ high and. free, -.•■'■ >> fu . yu ,».\- --' They sing and sing and sing the whole i day long; '"!,,-.> {For the 'peaceful, quiet .city is a green f and lovely tree ;And the ' dAvelkrs /there- are-' thirds — ; Avhose life .ia sons;.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12748, 27 April 1912, Page 3 (Supplement)
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162TREE CITY. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12748, 27 April 1912, Page 3 (Supplement)
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