New Zealand Verse/Ti-trees and the Kukupa
LXXV.
Ti-trees and the Kukupa.
A grove of the southern palm
On an islet, alone
In the bosom unrippled and calm
Of a lake with its mountain-zone:
On an islet, alone
In the bosom unrippled and calm
Of a lake with its mountain-zone:
The wild bee’s singing
Has ceased in the great white bloom;
And the once gay-scented plume
Hangs lazily swinging:
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 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,
Cooing, and cooing:
Wood-pigeons; that is all,
Cooing and wooing.)
Full-breasted, bead-eyed,
Bright as the Argus showing,
Not knowing its pride,—
(Low and gentle the call,
Cooing, and cooing:
Wood-pigeons; that is all,
Cooing and wooing.)