11 MARCH 1911, Page 16

POETRY.

SHEPHERD'S SONG.

O BLACK and white the shepherd's plaid

That haps me warm and weel, And black and white the shepherd's dog That follows at my heel.

O black and high the winter sky, 0 white the snowy wold, Till red and bright the peat-fire's light For two that are a-cold !

MAUNA PEASE.