CHILDREN’S VERSE.

Waikato Times, Volume 113, Issue 18874, 18 February 1933, Page 15 (Supplement)

CHILDREN’S VERSE.

AUTUMN TIME. Autumn time is apple time Time for pears and plums, Corn Js golden in the fields How the reaper hums. Lilies shine In garden plots, Berries on the hush, Brown pods burst along the hedge Where the ripe seeds push. Come with men to.orchard land, Grass will do for chairs, Leaves fall olf and tumble fast, So do juicy pears. Sent by “Plum . Blossom,” 9, Hamilton.) “ WHEN.” When a bit of sunshine hits ye, After passing of a cloud, When a fit of laughter gits ye, And yer spine is feeling proud, Don’t forget to up and fling It At a soul that’s feeling blue. For the minntt that yer sling It It’s a boomerang to you. (Sent by “ Vivendere," Walton.) LITTLE BLUE PIGEON. Sleep little pigeon and fold your wings— Little blue pigeon with velvet eyes; Sleep to the singing of mother-bird swinging— Swinging the nest where her little ones He. In through the window the moonbeam comes —■ Little gold moonbeam with misty wings; All silently creeping it asks: Are you sleeping—• Sleeping and dreaming while mother sings?” (Sent by Aroha Lucas, Matangi.)