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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 14, Issue 11 (February 1, 1940)

Rain On Lake Wanaka

Rain On Lake Wanaka.

In some dark secret armoury of the
mountains
A keen bright blade of wind escapes
its sheath,
Slashes a swollen cloud that rests on
the ranges,
And hurls a barrage of rain at the
lake beneath.
That smooth surface suddenly quivers
and spurts with silver,
Pierced and torn by a shower of glit-
tering spikes
That batter the water so fiercely I
almost fancy
I hear the chime and clash as each
volley strikes.
But by and by when the cloud has fled
over the mountains,
Sunshine anoints and heals the wounds
of the rain,
And smoothes with kisses those silver
scars, wind-inflicted,
Till a clear sky finds its turquoise
mirror again.