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New Zealand Tablet, 7 October 1920, Page 7

NOW FOR ALL SHINING THINGS. Now for all shining things that He hath given Praise be to Him the Shining One that is ! For sun and moon processional of heaven And stars aglitter in their companies ; For crimson-breasted robins on wet sprays In April time, and whitethorn drifting down For foxes’ eyes, and dandelion days, And women’s hair curved in a silken crown ; For meads o’ersilvered with a million spears Of wind-moved grasses ; gold wheat heads that nod Where sickles gleam ; for mothers and the tears That they shall weep . . . thanks be for them to God! For bills of birds, and yellow candles lit Upon high altars, and for the bright-winged bees That throng the drowsy lindens ; holy writ '' And little children’s faces . . . oh! for these. —A. Newberry Choyce, in the New Witness.