FOR THE GIRLS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 71, 24 March 1928, Page 2 (Supplement)

FOR THE GIRLS.

FROM THE HEART OF THE SUNSEL

" GREETING—AND FAREWELL.** My Dear Girls, — "Into this universe, and why, not knowing Nor whence, like Water willy-nilly flowinaAnd out of it, as Wind along the Waste I know not Whither, willy-nilly blowing."' —Omar Khayyam, I was alone, on a hill above the lake. With there came a hush; the heart of the world seemed for a space in this perfect hour before the coming of Jj? Not even a bird's note sounded; no leaf stirred, fortv! breeze, ever a vagrant, had deserted this place. 'T the interval between day's busy life apd of* the "rf! when all is stilL Only clouds moved, away up aZ* urged slowly on by some invisible wind, far beyond

W l*y were _ restless? A vague impatie. turned my gaze 13 another direction, where ,Jr vied to watch the sunset. Peace came to me then- ' was a glory of colour, a high delight to fill the heart wML joy. A movement arrested my attention. What those specks silhouetted against the glow? Flyinjx low a"* came, out of the west, from the heart of the sunset toJmZ me. Gradually I could see their shape. What long • they had, stretched out level with the water! One their wings showed black, the next white. The* « l Wh "l t j ,e . y were—wild swans. Languidly they flew, cET so that I could almost hear the beat of their win.T.2 passed directly over my head. I followed them witl, eyes until they were lost to sight. These adventurer, S not lingered ,n my life Out of the unknown, »£ unknown, they came and went, nor tarried one mstaaL ... S .° *!? e y Parsed *» an episode in one's life r..„ m life itself. From unknown to unknown stretches 1 - »P«n; we are the winged creatures of a moment • * " Av « — °>*£z and farewelL" He j has summed up the . . story of mankind: filff Greeting — and farewell.