FOLDED AWAY.

Otago Witness, Issue 1456, 11 October 1879, Page 23

FOLDED AWAY.

Bay by day we fold aw*y Some treasure ttv.it our he.trt holda dearSome cherished thing to which we c ing, And bless with in my a kisi and tear. A spread of lace m»y hold a place TJiat jewels rare could nevei- win ; With love untold n ribbon old

Ia laid our dearest ahrine within. A little trosi we fondly press Unto a heart that acheß with pain, Then, with a bi,h for days gono by, We fold it from our Bight again. And ii there not ft hallowed sprit, In memory's casket lying low. Where day by d\y we fold away Our heart thoughts le<ti tho world .should know ? Many a one, now lo3t and gone, In sweet day drop-mings wo behold, Who, in our sieep, ooino bank 10 kuop With us their virgils as of old. And yet, a!ai ? such dreams nomt pass ; JU'f e's sterner duties must be met | Quickly we tura and strive to learn The cruel lesson— to forget J

When from the pieam of love's sweet droam Our hearts awake in fad svrprU'e, How dimly burn, where'er we turn, The leaser lights that meet our eyes ! Wbeno'or the daad our taars «re Bhed, While on the silent !ip3 wo press The last fond kiss— oh, is not thi< The fcummit of life's lonelineaa ? And vet we know though all lie low Whom we have ever loved or known, Still wo must Hyo and learn to give To earth the clainiß it calls its own. 0 grief untold ! with hearts grown old, Like flowers blighted in a day. How fondly then from sight of men We fold our dear dead loves away !