June 1940 School Magazine

June, 1940

Brisbane Girls' Grammar School Magazine

June, 1940

•Brisbane Girls' Grammar School Magazine

THE STORM

The bright sun was shining On the cool green downs, The wide rolling downs; And the sheep were grazing calmly On the sweet fresh grass, While the shepherd on his pipe played sweet refrains. The distc;nt clouds were lowering On the cool green downs, The wide, rolling down.s; And the sheep were calmly grazing On the sweet, fresh grass, But the shepherd watched the sky with apprehension. Th~ sudden s torm broke quickly

On the wind swept downs, The wide, rolling down.s, And the shs·ep together huddled On the rough wet earth,

While the shepherd wrapped his coat around him tightly. The brief sl:lrm had departed From the damp green downs, The wide, rolling downs, And the she ep were quickly drying In the warm, gold sun, While the shecoherd on his pipe played sweet refrains.-L.M.P., VI.

"B" NET-BALL TEAM. 1940 J. Saunders, J. Speed (Capt.). I. Pittman, P. Galloway, C. King, E. Storrie, ). Hack.

. NIGHT WITH HER TRAIN OF STARS. I have always found that, though the majority of our fellow- men think otherwise, more peace and true enjoyment can be gleaned by spending our leisure hours revelling in Nature's wonders. And so last night as my friends amused themselves by recounting their merry adventures, I stole a brief hour from their company and replaced it by the thoughts inspired by solitude. I passed along country lanes which nigh t had beautified by her gentle cloak of darkness and let my footsteps be guided by some intangible sense which led me quite as surely as my eyes could ever have done in broad daylight. The faint moonlight, filtering through the overhanging boughs of the trees made ghostly shadows of every shrub and bush, seem- ing rather to accentuate the darkness than to probe the hidden mysteries of night. The night held no terrors for me and the yellow light at a cottage window, bursting suddenly upon me, made me feel I

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"A" NET-BALL TEAM, 1940 M. Shepley, H. McKenzie, ) . Cusack, G. Law, P. Batt, B. Lugg (Capt.) . Absent: E. Vickers . 22

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