THE GREAT MAGICIAN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12602, 17 June 1904, Page 2 (Supplement)

THE GREAT MAGICIAN.

WHAT spell lies on the street to-day? I found it dull not long ago; Now these old houses, dim and grey, .'Seem bright witha mysterious glow; And even the Sober trees look gay * That once I called a ".gloomy row."* ■'.' Ah! then I longed for sunn}? fields,; Where bud and bell fresh leaves unfold; • But now the joy this pavement yields Is quite as much as heart can hold: Think you some great magician wields tlr His wand, transmuting stone, to gold? ' .' Sweetheart, you know the reason why. • Such, witchery Jiangs, aljout {he, place: From one small window— too highThere shyly leans a Mower-like face. . That smiles to see me loiter by, Though Time—the tyrantQruiis apace. And be the morning dark or fair, —- I carry to my daily toil * . The light that shines from eyes and hair. Which neither rain nor wind can spoil'; ' And. to the grimeful city bear ■/ Pare thoughts that nought can stain or soil. Oh' happy he who thus may take Heart-sunshine into mart or mill; -,'■- And happy she who for his sake ' Can emtle behind' the humblest »iUi The world its wiser head may shake,' ** But Love's the true magician still. E. MATHSSON, in Chamber?' Journal.