THE SKYLARK
From the earth you have sprung, joyful bird, To tho sun-briglitened realms of the sky: All th© earth with your song you have stirred. As you soar to bright regions on high. You have left all the world far below "Ith its manifold sorrows and cares; To the heights of pure joy now you go. " here your bliss nothing ever impairs. Incarnation of gladness and love the sweetness and joy of your hymn. J-ike ;i fragment of heaven above Cropped over the rainbow’s gay rim. ° aerie! songster, by day you impart all your joy all around, but when night comes, forgetting your v lay *ou return to your home on the ground. —Dancing Star (Margaret Bartrum, aged 13). ROUND THE MOON The luminous circle round the moon ; s due to the refraction of the light myriads of tiny ice particles, suspended high up in the air like cirrus 1 ouds. The corona or greasy ring °und the moon is caused by tJie ■Dreading of the light rays by small Va Pour passing between us the moon.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 511, 14 November 1928, Page 7
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178THE SKYLARK Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 511, 14 November 1928, Page 7
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