POETRY.
, rDEGENrisiIACY. , Great ends ia sri?ifth ft h?n »?aW>y,mouse, Tue wise mat^ father, £ ant')rccdiadwarft calf- f lers somo Poor moonstruck ■i ■I So strange so f o-1> ?/, !iear. and ll°ar again,, : Wo trace tlSo-ri e fl' 3°tltt>msuch source KnthrKtt W{ ," a?onv S°:fl * oreedß nf iif<v.,J. ,!" un> iu l'Jiqdecnornu»d'* , ceivei,- S' uaUo lrilUM; which , none re- , sound "mk° a truoe'Mvat sense ana Anaitoumli lttCmpt bOtU brains ana soul conTlinaiSl Sa° C?, nbo exPoctcd, wlien wo close Put frlmiSn ?®* TOP tho man knows, And% nl i "so, ush!i llow ignorance,- i" Woiifn- •? fll' leSß, th"kor look askanca? This «. K Sfi 7 Ol° m s"storics of God. ' Tame! Se°rot who" witu folisuo of ' TWdtSn? d'ai'?' eS th°ei°ry of His namel' llioj took no dotty at second hand, ■ ' cuouoo voice Avas thoira^tlkenoui within Wit?nm V w M» n v?itnwyeding: feet.•! , wisdom, by proceEg slow, oanio.to their aid Serene and lofty, everundisraayed. "" TininHmJ Uusionftn(i all prejudice'; ':''■■ fh£.^ fe llllS ts of 0"vJ r- lus'. and greedi °f each marshalled thought and word .. •'.. ana deed, ■■',■■., . ; .^.".,.,-..,;,.. Slunuig-sueh glory came tliey toipossess- , Tho incarnation of all lovoliness..' Bo thou hke them; their footsteps make thino And stand, as fhoy once stood; aVbay, aloneNo creatures ottho system wjiich had been, iSut self-evolved, in loneUneßsserone,' Jjtpd lieswithin'thee,' In thine own control ifiou ho.dest all tire issues of the soul " it thou ait bravo totjutll the lower self, j S.Q spurn the sordid dreams of fame or pelf, i'jat which is in thoo to call forth, and. Mo w £hyself, with all tho secrets high: or low lhat lurk within—too often under baa," : Or else unknown, undreamt of—God in man . : Incarnate Shalt thou be, passing through life ■ Uke the great sun o'erhead,-svithblessings rife i lul in the glow-tinged ocean of Use; west1 Ihou smkest.sunlilce, in 1 the. eternal rest. ,;,i <■■.>■- -'' >~-\'-1- ■.•'.!■ j.'K.H.^TOWVBR. :■■' . -
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Auckland Star, Volume XIX, Issue 188, 11 August 1888, Page 1 (Supplement)
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