THE HIDDEN HAND.
1 would go forward, stumbling through the dark. , After mv wayward will: A hidden hand withholds mc suddenly, ! , Firm, strong, and still. ; 1 would go back to wtiat I left behind— ] The laughter and the night: The hidden hand which grips mc turns mc round | Towards the light. 1 feel the red wound In Its beating palm; j , And, though I cannot see. ! I I guess that somewhere that deep bitter, ' Was borne for mc. I | For mc. or such another as myself. Wounding and pain, and loss, I So I go forward, all the way of Love, Led by a cross. —Lauchlan Maclean Watt, in the "British' Weekly." I
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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 153, 28 June 1919, Page 17
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113THE HIDDEN HAND. Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 153, 28 June 1919, Page 17
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