Three Prayers !
Beneath a cross, beyond th« town. Before a shrine for Borrowß made, Three simple maidens knelt them down, And from their hearts devoutly prayed. One, dreaming of created things— The purple sea, the perfect sky, Bright, happy birds with painted wings, . (Had buds that bloom before they die. The waving woods— the scented air Clung to her heart, and through her " sighs ' • , Was heard the gentle maiden s pray r : " Oh, give me beauty for my puze I A hidden furnace seemed to glow Within the second maiden'B breast. Bhe heard the stirring trumpet blow Bhe saw the warrior's plume and crest ; Ambition dazzled in her eyes That life's reward— a deathless name. Then from her heart came stifled cries : "If I may live, oh ! give me fame I , The third fair maiden, knelt apart ; j' Her eyes-^ a hearen starr'd with tears, , Her white arms folded on her heart, t>he faced a mystery of years. A sudden rapture seemed ie» life Her' very soul to' heaven above; ' ' «Be mine," she .piray'd, "this priceless gift : ' .•'"'* '■•'.<' Let me be loved by one I love 1" ;
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Mataura Ensign, Volume 6, Issue 303, 2 November 1883, Page 5
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186Three Prayers ! Mataura Ensign, Volume 6, Issue 303, 2 November 1883, Page 5
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