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GOOD LIFE, LONG LIFE. It is not growing like a tree In balk, doth make man better be; Or standing long an oak three hundred year, To fall a. log at last, dry, fcald. and sear: A lily of a day Is fairer far In May, Although It fall and die that night,— ■It was the plant and flower of Light. In small proportions we Just beauties see. And in short measures lire may perfect be. —Hen Jonsoii. A BOSOM SIN. Lord, with what care hast Thou begirt as round! Parents first season ns; then schoo'masters Deliver us to laws; they sena us bound, To rules of reason, holy messengers, Pulpits and Sundays, sorrow dogging sin Afflictions sorted, anguish of all sizes, *ine nets and stratagems to catch us in, Bibles laid open, inilllone of surprises, l?? lnss beforehand, ties of gratefulness w f™ s ?nnd of glory ringing in our ears; 6<d ° Ur shame; within, our conAngels and" .grace, eternal hopes and One cunni 650 * cncPS «nd their whole array vne punning bosom sin blows quite away. —Georj» Herbert.
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Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 224, 20 September 1924, Page 18
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182CURRENT VERSE. Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 224, 20 September 1924, Page 18
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