Shingle-Short and Other Verses

Shingle-Short and Other Verses (1908)
by Blanche Edith Baughan

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Shingle-Short
and Other Verses

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“Deep o’ the bush all dark below
Points o’ the mountain bright aloft.”

Shingle-Short

AND OTHER VERSES.

By

B. E. BAUGHAN

Author of “Verses,” “Rueben,” etc.

Christchurch, Wellington, and Dunedin, N.Z.;
Melbourne and London:

WHITCOMBE & TOMBS LIMITED

Contents.
		Page
Preface		5
Shingle-Short		11
Maui’s Fish		43
Burnt Bush		63
Early Days		71
A Bush Section		79
Gathering Peaches		91
The Hill		99
A Conquering Coward		105
The Eternal Children		117
The Paddock		137
	Song of the White Clover	137
	Song of the Sunbeams and Strawberries	150
	Song of the Creek	156
	Song of the Wind	174
	Song of the Seeds	182
	Song of the Ti	201

Illustrations.
		Page
Mount Balloon		Frontispiece
Te Ika a Maui		43
“Under the Fern-woof Shining was Seen”		157
“A Throne to the Sealed Sun,” &c.		202

Printed by
Whitcombe and Tombs Limited,
Christchurch.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.

The longest-living author of this work died in 1958, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 65 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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