Original Poetry.

Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 11, 17 September 1874, Page 4

Original Poetry.

i ii ■•' NILOQESPERAN_»FM:» ! TflE,,everr6bang^ Mixted.up of pleasure aria of strife] 1 •""•"'"' J Combine to;change, whileyei'they can' ? The thoughtle^.to the thoughtful man! f j_dw often, |n this life, we\see | Men, martyrs, to adyersHy :? , . . No love fpr life^ nowiskfo die, ',; '.■ ., '( ' . I Theyvchoose /to, live buiy et .%y sigh. j , . j'S"* like mf iluck>" they thus exclaim,' ' When they hive failed "some Wish to gain, "If 'twere dome one else but ! I;t -?!.; . ■ •:> ... Tbjeysure would have the victory.^ .r^in •« ;■ '*£» thus t^^meandlffius _W wee^ But m their bosoms still they ieep' ; •Which l^oks.the'better^ ' r • t 2__*' "?• ,f fll »ould' ;tbey! he castfdown £>• Why should their, features' wear a frown,- > ■ When some kind friend,, to eaaetheip pain* Bids; them *' cheer, up,- apd try again?'?/ „ ,p : If this' life' were' alfshiooth sailing, ' : JfiWeheVer ha'd'ahailingi'r -X, ° ■',-,: .-. ,<■■■. .Life would'then' indeed be dreary '/ , A hd we should soon s indeed be weary; ' No! better^ have things ; ai thWare With all the trifles that 'dp mar' , Our pleasure; arid increase,- bur woe, ' '. Yet ht us for-' the .JQurney'stillVto go,. Experience, though dearly bought, -. V Istruly precious ; and, it ought r : To raise, the hopes, and banish pain, And fit us for the fight again* -i _'-iV„.. - f «" '""""' H. E. M. • Balclutha,' Sept. 14, : 1874.