PULIRY
"FOR THE CHILDREN'S SAKE." • The following verses in the Sydney ' Daily Telt graph, signed "J. 5.," were suggested by an V»ppoa'l for funds in "aid of a Children's Hospital : — Sunlight over the mountains streaming, Misis of morning and dews of eve; And, 10, the earth in her vesture gleaming That only the ram and the sunbeams weave. Ilio vesture vivid, all green and golden, > Renewed each year with the springtide s smile. . < Ai, fre«h to-dty oa in seasons olden, ' ~ When Amurath reigned in the land of Nile. fiun of love, night's darkness scorning, Mists of gladness that pass too soon, Golden haze of the wild fresh morning, Blaze and glow of the ardent noon; And. 10, the children, like flowers up-, springing, Fulfil the need and the heart's desire, And young life steps o'er the old earth, bingjng • » As children sang by the walls of Tyre. Wliat is tho children's part? Art nearing? To bring the gift of their beauty nigh", To smile with eyes undimmed by peering , Into the Whence and Whither and Why. To banish the spectral care that hovers, • To bring back hope to the heart again, Giving love for love — little faithful lovers — Will ye not ease the children's pain? Aiding, without return requiring \ For help that's tendered with gifts outpoured, STe shall receive to your heart's desiring A guerdon fair and a rich reward. 1 Enough, tint the coin from your hoarded treasure, For self's enjoyment so proudly piled. w Shall be minted anew and repaid full measure In tlie thankful smile of some unknown child. '< \ .OUT OF THE NIGHT. -\ ,As from a vapour silver ships emerge! And fall 'to anchor in the realm of sight, So in the languid dawn upon the verge Of conscious morning from the far-off ; . night, Come drifting dreams that of a substance seem, , Although- below the dream we know we dream. Slow are the heavy limbs to feel the' day, Slow answer drowsy eyelids to the morn'; The will is child-eyed to those visions gray ' Of sails long-travelled and of cordage worn ; Gazes acceptant, wondering not — and then !, ' Dilates > with wonder at the long-dead men. •For not strange mariners from sunburned lands, - '■' These friendly faces leaning o'er the rail ; ' ' Who smile from living eyes, wave loving hands ; With old, familiar, long-lost; roices hail : . s No strangers, yet-Trom somewhere sounds the dread — } "Remember and remember, they are dead." —Marshall Hsley, in Harper's Magazine. THE LIGHT OF' OTHER DAYS. New shadows round, the hayricks creep, ■ New" lambs are in the fold, Old shadows rise, a tryst to keep, Forget that they are old! The dear dead yeais seem all aglow, Limelight on every scene! On all that golden. long ago No mist, no might have been. The- light that never was shines there ! Love-light by memory trimmed ; 'Tis only what we lose keeps fair, For ever young, undimmed. — "K.M." in Westminster Gazette.
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Evening Post, Volume LXX, Issue 37, 12 August 1905, Page 11
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482PULIRY Evening Post, Volume LXX, Issue 37, 12 August 1905, Page 11
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