DAYBREAK AT TUAPEKA BASIN.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1122, 25 February 1885, Page 4

DAYBREAK AT TUAPEKA BASIN.

v v {Original.) 'Tween dark and light The lark takes flight, ' And greets the early morning star ; ' ; And mounting still . High o'er the hill, ■ r HehaiU the rising san afar. Heaven s roof so fair ' Look* blue and bare, - The stars have vanished, one by one ; The brilliant light That ruled the night I* pale, and ineffectual grown. The closed flowers sleep, And seem to weep, , Each bending with a dewy tear ; The feathered throng Pipe forth their song— ' Oh, what a chorus meets the ear ! Far down the glade Id deepest shade The insects raise their humming noise, And seem to try With each to vie • To' ■peak aloud their tiny joys. The rabbits hard, On dewy sward, An nibbling their poor scanty bite ; Romping in pairs The timid hares Are scared away by dawning light. The trickling rills ■ Adown the hills Are carolling onward to the sea ; Dancing so free, With childlike glee, ' Singing their blytbesome melody. The wild ducks cool DJ/e in the pool, And gambol there in sportive play ; ■, ' Oh t do cot chase Them from their place, Bat unmolested let them stay. Day has begun, The rising sun Is lighting up the mountain crests ; Now all is still > Except the rill, Which prattles on and never rests. A. Allan.