THE FAVORITE.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 30 May 1914, Page 9

THE FAVORITE.

Cried man. grown bold: 1 hough mv days be as grass As a tale that is told, As sands in the glass— htill—the bridges I build And the fields I have tilled' And ray servants, the air ihe fire and the flood!" * And -an oath h© sware, "By the holy rood, My work it is good!" But the Father smiled, "Be still, my child!" Rnnred tbe sea in his might, ) This boaster to chide, Jjord. shall I smite The foolin his pride?" And the leashed Winds bayed, "Give us leave," they nrayed, "To humble this clay!" ' And the fawning Fir© hissed In his lurid play At the feet he kissed "Bid me burn as I list!" Bade the Master: "Nay! Peace, slaves! Obey!" —Anna Glen Stoddart^ in the Century Magazine.