Mascot—Night Departure
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Sydney is wearing black velvei tonight — A black velvet dinner-gown fo;< dancing and delight, With rubies at her hemline; emeralds in her hair.
With twenty thousand bracelets— now which shall she wear?
The rest of her jewel-box is strewr everywhere.
Sydney is dining in velvet tonight — A black velvet dinner-gown witr gold thread alight; To emulate her emeralds, let no onr aspire — Her white throat, the harbour, wiU diamonds afire; Its waters, her mirror, her jeweT to admire. * * * The air hostess smiles, and lower? my chair.
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Noelle Mason.
Inus Plantation, Bougainville.