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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 9, Issue 3 (June 1, 1934.)

Nocturne. Castlecliff, Wanganui

Nocturne. Castlecliff, Wanganui.

Hushed are the winds! Upon the sleeping sea
Descends the sable, soft-caressing night;
And yonder mountain peak gleams regally
In day's last flush of fiery sunset light.
The little wavelets run upon the sand
Faintly, reluctantly, as half afraid
Grey gulls wing homeward o'er the darkening land
To occupy their rocky palisade.
Lone evening's star, in solitude divine,
Shines like a lovely, scintillating gem,
A priceless jewel from an Eastern mine
Set in some swart Sultana's diadem.
Aloof, across the purple river mouth
Comes dipping in a stately merchantman
From San Francisco, heading for the south,
Or seeking rusty scrap-iron for Japan.
The myriad stars are kindled one by one,
The Southern Cross is in the Milky Way,
The moon peeps o'er the hills; the day is done,
And night again holds undisputed sway.
James G. Treadwell.