MARS.
It may lie there an forms of human life Upon old continents of shrouded stars; It may be there are men grown mart with strife Among the fields and woods and hills of Mars. Soite day, perhaps, we shall look on the face Of one who dwells within that sister sphere, And wonder if his soul has sweeter grace Than any soul of oura that sorrows here; If he has loved, as we may love, in Tain; If he has striven in cruel coils of hate; If loss with htm has been the end of gain; If he has learned to live, and learned too lata Yet it may be that this new brother dwells In ways more gentle than terrestrial ways, Thu night brings peace to him and halcyon spells, That dawns are harbingers of golden days; And it may he that he is patient, brave, 1 Fraternal yet forgiving, strong yet meek, And that his world is like the dream we crave, - Like some Utopia we divinely seek. George Eooiit' Momoome»v, in Harper's • Maguioe. , a.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10416, 14 April 1897, Page 3
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178MARS. New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10416, 14 April 1897, Page 3
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