LIFE'S SUNNY SIDE.
Oztxhcbs have Lin my ponderings J t . Brought your pleasant face in view, 'j . And wondered how in all your wanderings . The. world has .treated you, . -c, , >' Hare there been no pains, orsorrowsf. . No Tain hopes along ; the way fJ . •} No alarm of coming' morrows ■ -. > From the wreoks of yesterday ? ... If there has, none seem.; to know it, .<. ■. , As that happy face of thine, ... : ■ \ Well observed, it never .shows it; For I've watched you of tentime. , rj Yet I saw no act auspicious, r . . . Not a look I thought a clue ; , So I've thought of things' delidoiuhGfoiindeed hag faVouced.you. " ' i Down within the heart's recesses r . Is there not one little oare? -, / Some few heartaches and distresses Unobserved you patient bear PJ ,t, t Is there not a dreary season " ' In the passing, changing year f , ' ; Doyon never stop to reason Why some folks so sad appear? ' " Thus you ever seem a mystery, _ _ - .. Fast my finding out indeed,, - . '. _' And if woven into history j ' ]," One I'd dearly love to read; Then I' d know why joy endures ; " Then your' life' I'd understand— Why no other laugh Hut yours , Comes from laughter's happy land. ',
What pleasant company a good book is ! How often have I thanked God for Shakspeare, and S wiffc, and Melding, and Sterne, and many anpther good spirit 1 Hpw^often have I forgotten my troubles" in following the fortunes of that ideal Christian Parson Adams, or thrown off care in my, interest in Uncle Toby and Corporal Trim 1 One can't help feeling that these great writers are gifted with something that their fellowcreatures do net possess. Do they not know more of the world's secret than most of us ? Don't they seem to be nearer to f that Something which is beyond us, and which we cannot fathom f Can any amount of science breed such men? If , man is tha lord of everything, why cannot he change human nature; and people the world with clever folk.— 2Kni«.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HNS18801127.2.22
Bibliographic details
Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume I, Issue 66, 27 November 1880, Page 1 (Supplement)
Word Count
334LIFE'S SUNNY SIDE. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume I, Issue 66, 27 November 1880, Page 1 (Supplement)
Using This Item
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in