THE LIGHT OF STARS.
Of / onl.lo tcaohmg holivZ-ly-nj voovfl ago. From lir>B tliai: speko fuH sol'ft ti'id komhrly, Utit liW aro liti.ihod for (sver cold and low. Tho ligJjl of fliars is like an nngol watching Our lonely conrso with carnoßt truthful eyes, And over with n low voice eoftly calling,; _ " Oh! turn thy woiu*y gaze upon Uio 'bl'tcs. The lifjlit of dlavß is l:kc a poolliing voice, Kvcathiiifj d-weofc inUHic to the troubled cnv, Whori Borrow, brocdvng (lowji with out-rpraicl wrigs, Fills all I'l'o's piitli with i>hinntoms clnrk nnd drear. Tiio liglit of blai'3 is like a spirit coming,— A spirit v/o have known ami loved before, — ■yVlioin, when we laid her in her silent bed, Wo thought to meet upon the earth no moro. The liglit of stars ia like that gentle being, Come back to greet us in the lonely night, And whisper, when the gloom is at the darkest, " The spirit watchers show their guiding light." Canterbury. ' F. S. C.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume XIV, Issue 829, 20 October 1860, Page 2
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164THE LIGHT OF STARS. Lyttelton Times, Volume XIV, Issue 829, 20 October 1860, Page 2
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