Poetry.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume I, Issue 2, 17 April 1880, Page 1 (Supplement)

Poetry.

IN THE DARK.

[The following poem was written by George Arnold within a few days of his death, when the Bhadoir of the night that knows no earthly dawn was already closing areund him.] \ Alii moveless stand the anoient cedar-trees, Along the drifted sand-hills where they

grow; And from the dark' west comes a wander-

ingbrme, And waves them to and fro. ▲ murky darkness lies along the sand, Where bright the sunbeams of the morning anono; , Amd the eye vainly seeks, by soa aad land, Some light to rest upon. No large, pale star its glimmering vigil keeps; An inky sea reflects an inky sky ; And the dark river like a serpent creeps To where its black piers lie. Strange salty odours through the darkness ' steal, And through the dark the ocean thunders roll* Thick darkness gathers, stifling till I feel . Its might upon my soul. I stretoh ay hands out in the empty air, I strain my eyes into the heavy night ; Blaokness of Darkness 1 Father, hear my prayer, Grant me to see the light.