OUR VILLAGE.
There's no" «tlr in tho village. No cricket 'pon the green. No courting at the. draw-wiU, Where. eouriinges always been ; And the smithy dor's- padlocked, Where the go.Nips nsu'l io lean. It's strange, wlcm vknol'-s over, Without the cleUrru';, dkt, Silently they tdcal ii'oin schoolIt's Vilenter within. Where the mothers mi. with folded hands, Wailing the poa come in. Where the. sdgn creaks <v:r !bc alebench. Tiie Ckiilors kt to !heir h'-cr ; Thov can't read tin- war r o,s, Their old eves are trio blear : They sit and' vrog ili-r'r poki 'd heads— It all aecais so eg; er. "What are you il ■'■dvbig, Gakrr--Thinking of n a'.!':'" "Old ears are dullish. But I thiiil- to hear Ills cull: . He's lopped r*:.-> !,;-avo young brauidies: "lis time the old SltM!:-> should fall." —J. A. Mcklin.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11511, 6 October 1915, Page 4
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137OUR VILLAGE. Star (Christchurch), Issue 11511, 6 October 1915, Page 4
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