LIFE'S DESERT.
) As die trav'ller faint and weary, Plodding through a desert wide, .Seeing desolation dreary, Burning sands on ev'ry side. Onward, onward bravely presses, Willi hone guiding Ilia worn feet, Hoping though the heat, distresses Jie will an oasis meet. Thus are mortals faint and weary. Plodding through Life's Desert wide, Plodding through Life's Desert dreary. Finding- care on every side. (Seeing naught but desolation On the burning sands of life. In hope finding consolation, To go through the heat and strife. iShall Wei when the journeys over Find a. haven puiv* and fair? Will sweet peace the inern'ries cover I Of this waste of strife and care? | Through Life's Desert we are turning j Unto an oasis blest, Shalt we, though the sands he burning ' l'i;id in it. eternal rest:- 1 j Katkine. I
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12833, 5 April 1905, Page 1 (Supplement)
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