[Editor: This poem, regarding May Day, by Mabel Forrest was published in the Daily Telegraph Sunday Pictorial (Sydney, NSW), 1 May 1927.]
May Day
(By M. Forrest.)
How busy the fairies have been last night!
The rays of the moonshine looking thro’,
They planned and toiled by that silver light
Shaping a May day from the blue,
Spinning a morning clear and fair
Out of the scented miles of air!
How busy the fairies have been last night!
With skilful fingers amongst the leaves
They fashioned a bud from a wisp of white
That was left by a mist-curl round the eaves,
And they hung on the wide hibiscus tree
A flame of sunrise for all to see!
How busy the fairies have been last night!
I could hear them pattering down the walks,
They washed the lilies in waves of light,
And mixed soft greens for their swaying stalks,
And where the Morning Glories twined,
They left a dream — for my heart to find.
— M. FORREST.
Source:
Daily Telegraph Sunday Pictorial (Sydney, NSW), 1 May 1927, p. 30
Editor’s notes:
Morning Glories = plural of “Morning Glory”: the common name of many species of flowering plants which are part of the family Convolvulaceae
thro’ = (vernacular) through
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