THE FIRESIDE.
waitS^. I'-f ';s£** Waiting, waiting, always waiting, x" For a turn of tide, %> Wasting time m idle dreaming "*'" ry While the moments glide. : tf c ara waiting while onr childhood Quickly slips *way: Thinking of a^gloripus manhjjgd, ^.A, ; While we only play, Manhood comes —yet* still we're waiting, Life is not as fair As we-tht>ngbt^wieiisDbiJ4reii^ligfin^"r^ Jfree from toil and care, Still "keepi waiting—heedless, waiting, Manhood quickly goes, And old age must reap the harvest That the idler sows. Old jtga comes with weary paces., . , * And 'We'r^^WftUirig. still, '' v j jx ; Till, too late, a sudden turning Takes us doifn the hill. * Thusia life weall are waiting For some turn of tide : » Lazy heart 1 get-up and' db it/ I iSrt the moments itlide; V f
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 303, 24 November 1883, Page 2
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127THE FIRESIDE. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 303, 24 November 1883, Page 2
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