Ji Trees and the Kuku.
A grove of the Southern Palm On an islet, alone In the bosom un rippled and calm Of a lake with its mountain-zone : The wild bees' singing Has ceased in the great white bloom , And the once-gay scented plume Hangs lazily swinging :
White? it is still milk-white In its green top serried, Still milk-white, But drooping, heavily berried. In the midst, iridescent and glowing, Full-breasted, bead-eyed, Bright as the Argus showing, Not knowing its pride, —
Low and gentle the call, Cooiug, and cooing : Wood-pigeons; — that is all, Cooing and wooing. Johannes 0. Andersen.
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New Zealand Illustrated Magazine, Volume VIII, Issue 2, 1 May 1903, Page 96
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98Ji Trees and the Kuku. New Zealand Illustrated Magazine, Volume VIII, Issue 2, 1 May 1903, Page 96
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