THEN AND NOW.
The star? looked down: but the erring world was mad. And the dust of tawdry living filled Its eyes: And glamour-Miided hearts were striving to be glad In the glories of a man-made ParadiseJo that no one saw the pale, pure stars agleam arross the night iHaraau eyes for ever lowered to the «odi. And His creatures as they struggled on in search of sold or iirieht Had no time to lift iheir faces to their God. 101 S. The stars looked down: but the chastened world was grave For its hands were busy bindins bleeding wounds: And sorrow-softened hearts were trying to bp l>ravp "Mid the Hrrorisin.g din <>f battle spinas - Bin at evening, when, niirhi'.- shadows fill on poverty and pain. On the vileness and the valour of it.; As the workers kept while vigil o'er tiic wnumlefi and the slain They lifu-d driven faces to the stars. -LUwnT-rr: beatchamp pollO-'E, ia "Erery body's."
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 280, 23 November 1918, Page 13
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159THEN AND NOW. Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 280, 23 November 1918, Page 13
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