FOR EVER.

New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 52, 13 January 1864, Page 4

FOR EVER.

]:.• H::.vi!Y K::.m.ai.i.. HiTofthe Itodv forever. Wearily solium--.-!), whither:-" A Soul. thill hath waited it- chances. 1 liaison liie hmitie.-s Kihcr: Lost in dim horrible blankne.ss: Uriftii::.-. like wind .ih:i Si a rmi-.i-.vred and v.i.-.im mi,! m-mimc X.ii- .-haUw nor shore 011 the lee: tlclplcss. unfriended, forsaken: Haunted an I tracked by the I'nst, Willi l'i-;i;:i!inii- of |.-iti!o.-s voii'c-; And desolate faces n-liasl! One saiili. •• K is well Uml lie jmiHli Xaked. :u»l fniimi'i; with cold. Who wor>!iii.pc.l his sweot-sineliin;.- cirments ; Arrayed wiih Hie eumiiii:,' of old: " Hark ! linw ho erieth. iiiv brothers, Willi 11:1111 for in,: slittiTiiis Uiinirs He siw 011 the shoulders of llulcrs-. And Hie niisht in Hie mouths of the '. •' Tiii* soul lmtli beei. one ot'tlie idlers Wlin wait wi;!i still hands, when thev luck, Tor i oi'iune, like .1 scph. to throw them The eup thnist in ]:ei;jamin\s s:iek. •' Xow liuil he been faithful in strivinp ; Anil wiiniinr with Wr-in- to Ha- swnnl, He law luive p-sscd over thc-e sights I'iiuslit up iu the arms of the Lord." A second: -•■ 1.0 win wilful ! Ami. •-•l:nl with lie held it luxurious trouble To ilehe for luxurious eyes'. -she bound him. the Woman resplendent ; She withered hiss romnh with li'-r stare ! And l'aith hath been twisted and stranded Willi folds of her luminous hair. •• Was it wcll.-O. your wandcrim; wailer, Ahaml'ined in terrible Space ' To hall on the liiu-hwav to lieaven Heeanse of a ulitteriiiL- lace':" And another: ■• Heboid, lie was careful: lie faltered to think of his Youth. Dej-i't, d. and weary, and footsore. Alone mi the dim road to Truth'. 1 - If Hie way bad been shorter and livelier. 1 And bri-hter. he mi-.-lit have been brave : i lhlt tl 0 -_-oal was too far. and he tainted. I.iki lvter with Christ, „a the wave!" Iteyond the wild hannts of the mooters. 1 l'loailh that saa-.iwfoi • oh-il' ' , Away, and away, and away. I'ale phantoms llv i'.a-l it like shadows: Him eyes that are blinded with tears: Old faees all while with alllietionj The (Iho.-ts of the wasted dead years! ! ■■ Soul, tla hath ruined us. shiver ! And 1,!,) in when vou know i.s :" they cry j "iVVM: I m: "art -f thv -n''-:-:!!-"" ■- I "And I," saith another -:'.:id /.'" I lli-ifti:iL-lV.i!:is: : :rl.-.-sa!iv.ss,-s. I Into the Ihlic, sll',i::ie. i Where is no uoward nor doiiu-iar:!. N'or re-ion nor record ot Time! Out of the Itodv for ever--Xo refuse-no succour nor slay 1 l loalet li Hial .sorrowful Siiirit Away, mid awiiy, imd iiwny