Afloat the water-lily lies,
Lolling gold head on soft green coat,
The swans drift by in stately wise
Afloat.
Faint music from the warbler's throat,
The moorhen in the sedge that plies,
The plash of oars, a distant boat,
The passing flash of dragon-flies--
Such sights and sounds I dimly note,
The while I watch with straining eyes
A float!
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MODERN INSTANCE OF PATIENCE ON A MONUMENT.--The Powers sitting
on the Ottoman.
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[Illustration: "BUNG" IN AFRICA.
RIGHT HON. J. CH-MB-RL-N (_to_ KING KHAMA). "'_LOCAL
VETO_' FOR BECHUANALAND? H'M!--A RATHER TICKLISH BUSINESS! UPSET A
GOVERNMENT _HERE_ THE OTHER DAY!"
["KHAMA, the Bechuana chief, arrived in England and was
received by Mr. CHAMBERLAIN at the Colonial Office.... He
desires to be assured in the power of excluding intoxicants absolutely
from his territories."--_The Times._]]
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