NEW ZEALAND VERSE.
IN THE WORLD OF BOOKS. "Lone and unloved, I ever seek to flee From life's frets and distresses, to a world "Where I am but a shadow, body free. Nought here can hurt mc, nothing recks
And" I rest safely though heaven's bolts be hurled.
Shalott's fair lady, sweet and mysticthrall, Holden by fate from living her free win; Knights of the Table, at Romance's call. The oiang of arms, and Evil's rise and fall, I am a shadow, while these voices thrill.
Fair Italy's courts of old, ladies and lords. •Wjjtb their dark plotting hidden from tho iJghtjfove and laughter, music's magic And° secret daggers, and swift-striking I watc" unseen, while thrones are lost and won.
So one by one, they enter and depart, Here Is no bitterness in tear or smile; Here In this blessed sanctuary apart Feeless and welcome, may the lonely heart Put off its worldly cares and rest awhile.
—L. C. CLARIDGE, Auckland.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 96, 24 April 1926, Page 36
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161NEW ZEALAND VERSE. Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 96, 24 April 1926, Page 36
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