THE OLD LABOURER.
(By Frederick Faber.)
"Peace! he is dying now; Xo Iil; 111 i.s on his brow; lie makes m> sign, but without sign departs. The pour die often so, — And yet they long to go, To lake to (Jo their over-weighed hearts. ''Born uiily to endure, I he patient, passive poor Seem useful chiefly by their multitude For they are men who keep Their Jives secret find deep": Alas! the pooi' are seldom understood
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Bush Advocate, Volume XXIII, Issue 282, 7 December 1911, Page 4
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76THE OLD LABOURER. Bush Advocate, Volume XXIII, Issue 282, 7 December 1911, Page 4
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