HERE AND YONDER.

Auckland Star, Volume XXI, Issue 4193, 24 November 1883, Page 9 (Supplement)

HERE AND YONDER.

T walk In tlio crowded city, Ami the pavement pains my feet. And nothing but piles of buildings Shut in the stones of the street ; But I only see -the meadow And the wood so cool and sweet. I walk in the crowded city. And mix with the noisy throng, And the din is liko to tho beating Of a groat, incessant gong; But T only h<>»r Hie brook (low Ami the brown wood Llmush'B song. I walk in the crowded oity. And daily the many grow more, And tUoy till up tho street liko a mill race As hither nnd thither they pour; But I only sro a cottage And a maiden at the door. I walk in the crowded city, And buy and sell in tho mart. But still in its crush and clamour I feel that 1 havo no part: For tho sweot, fresh life of the country For over abides in my hoart I walk in the crowded city. But aeo the green meadow still, And look through the pilos of buildings. To the wood that orowns the hill. And alone with tho cottage maiden I wander afar at will.