VERSES OLD AND NEW.
v : ';.;^:-/. ;; ';VTB^^^ '■':'■■- The world is .a bed. of.', roses,'•'.'. -:' .'The' .roots,;aro.sunk;iri he 11;..; .-;' -._;• ■;• .;;-; ■, ■::Th6 , blossoms; : reai to ! heaven;. ; ' y•: ";; ; :-J:TSe: thorns are .long,: and fell.', :' _■ 'A 'yokel.oomes; 'with a'sickle v !-"'" ;sqqrnj ;?-; : ,.v:-- ,-;.-;; ■V;■;.?,■■ Aisd f reaps a mingled'harvest.,;:.;.-'; ...; ' ; 'LV^GfVpetai;.'stalkyandithorn.-y i : . ;^y:. - '/•' :-: '■■ W:;'-' ' ' :-: > : ; AneM/the- trampled bed,'; ■'.';';; v :: A And waters^.it: and'witches >.:•-■'.' ': VvvTill a.-rose:bnd lifts its.head. ;>;rAndithen :h©;.plucks, it: quickly,.-V;;.'-• :. And-quickly steals away,,.; . '' '■ . '■■, '■ : -;.--T6r'/,;tlie';--ybkel r'coitieth .-.lusty .//, . ._.; ■; ,: ■ '''• ■Por.innother: ; harresh day/'.;%'.' The poetrshoweth'-nomah ...:;";'.'■ The rose-bud-next: his .heart,; ; xSv'x But praisethV {tun-storjv .'•':■> '. •'■ : ''','--\-',' And the'story ./men call ort.-. —K " : f.;' .'■ Chandler;. : ;.in -the '.'"W«stmiiisUi Gazette.";:;';y;..'::- :' '' : rs';'■'-.'■'-.':"
AD MATREM DOLOROSAM ' Think not thy little fountain's Train t v . That in the sunlight ,'roso and .flashed;y - From tho, bright sky has fallen again, ;V. • To coldand shadowy.' aiince*. dashsd.. > Tho Joy that in her radiance leapt From everlasting hath not slept. , ;v ' Tho jiatid that to . thy; hand was; dear, <''■ ■ ejes';thaf mirrored,-th lno ' • . The.voico that'gave'thy soul.to hoar. • A whisper .of ..tho Love .Divine— _ \ ..■What-though* thii: gold ,;.was -mixed -with.-dust' Tho'gold is thine and cannot , rust. ,'v •vNo ; fear, because, thy, darling's, heart,. •• No longer beats with mortal life, ; * • ; That sho has the ennobling part , ', Of human growth and.-human strife; ; . Only she has tho eternal peace : v • ' ; v'• , "iVherein to,. reap the . soul'svincreaso. ■' y. —Hoary Jvowbolt, in tho "Spectator."
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 586, 14 August 1909, Page 9
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214VERSES OLD AND NEW. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 586, 14 August 1909, Page 9
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