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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 9, Issue 9 (December 1, 1934)
A Blackbird's Song
A Blackbird's Song.
A blackbird on an apple-tree,
Piped a song of spring to me;
Piped a lovely, limpid measure,
Piped with joy and piped for pleasure.
Poured from his vibrant throat
Full many a lovely note;
Piercing, and clearly shrill;
Tremulous, deep, athrill …
Rising, and ringing aloft;
Falling, and flowing, and soft;
Fluted, and wistful, and wild…
Cadenced, and mellow, and mild;
Airy, and fairy, and fleet . .
Silvery, sylvan, and sweet …
Pointed and bright, like a star;
Echoing … fading … afar…
A clap of midnight-plumaged wings;
One last sweet note the minstrel flings.
A blackbird, on an apple-tree,
Piped a song of spring to me.
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“New Zealand can claim, without fear of contradiction, to pos sess greater variety of outstanding scenic attractiveness than any territory of similar area to be found anywhere in the world.”—Lord Bledisloe, Governor-General of New Zealand.
(Rly. Publicity photos.)
Scence in the North and South Islands of New Zealand.—From top (left): Mt. Egmont, seen from Pukekura Park, New Plymouth, North Island; Pohutu Geyser, Whakarewarewa, Rotorua, North Island; The Waipoua State Forest, Auckland Province, North Island; Mt. Cook (12,349ft.), from the Seely Range, South Island; Queenstown, Lake Wakatipu, South Island; The Outlet, Lake Manapouri, South Island.
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A view of Parliament Buildings and grounds, Wellington. (Rly. Publicity photo.)