Poetry.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 506, 31 January 1906, Page 2

Poetry.

TO LOYF. > A few qcio r i yeans, melhoaghi, would cause youth's fancies To fall away like blossoms early blown; And Tune, I sighed, would take my rich romances And grant ire bare contentment for my mm. And jet, while Spring and Summer bring their pedes, My Esgee gtthex dost upon their shelves; For still I tue the violets and roses As hints of something sweeter than themselves. And stili a bird can set my pulses beatitg— Nay, ev'ry j car I love the mavis more I I always think he sings cf some glad meeting. Of lia*leas days and longing safely o'er. I still receive the secrets of the ocean, The strange, long wonder-stories of the wind; And see the sun's dears, the moon's ■2 4 devotionArid in tnem all some dearer thought I find. 0 Love I 0 Love! the years have made yon splendid; 'Ti3 glery where I I opal for Ecaroe a gleam.

i -i-1- - The fancies and romances are not ended Time has but blessed and beautified each dream. J. J. Bell, THE OTHERS. Whek I oan bear no more The sound of tears, And the wotld's muffled roar Of hopes and fears, I let my tired mind a vigil keep, To watch in silence where the others Bleepi A moment, and I go Where green grass waves; Where still-eyed daisies grow Oaquiet graves; While ever/ afternoon the setting 3un Falls on the names there like a benison ; Bidding them ppeak again Of homely lives, Of pbin, hard-working men And frugal wives, Whj left the dairy and the half-mown hay To pin in the eternal harvest day. So, when I turn to leave Them to their rest, I oan onoe more believe That Gad knows best; And even Djath seems no unoertain leap Into the dukneaSj tu: a hopeful Bleep. A. E. Jaxebox.