THE BOON OF DESIRE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18457, 21 July 1923, Page 6 (Supplement)

THE BOON OF DESIRE.

I give thanks to the sods for having decreed that I should be ho-.n poor. Poverty was a beneficent mother to me and showed me the true value of the things one needs in life, which, without her, i should never have known. Forbearing to lay upon me the burden of luxury, she dedicated my d.-v to the service, of Art and P.r.uuy. She preserved me from folly and kept me : i: .;,><',d heart, Poverty is like the nnizel of da cob: compelling those" she },■:■•■-. ;,., wrestle with her in tho darknes.-. ;ind v hen they come forth into licht. bruise.l C'.ei_h they be, the blood courses mere -■-•:■]•.■ in their veins, their loin.- a:,- ■.... -~: p'e. their arms more strong. Having had hit .i i, : ,-:r.r.> .'...... :„ ,1,.; s world's crouds, I h:-;ve v.,.,; )-.t c ,-,,, 7t el . self, I have loved her v.: iv.-ihd, in i ]„-,;. nakedness that h so potent to terrify and fco charm. Poverty vouchsafe.-. to ti:-o<-i- she lover, fho on.'y real boon tiierc is in life., the boon which imbues with liveliness and grace the beings ami th- things -. e. rare for, Which sheds over l.he world its perfume and its charm, the boon •-•{ De.-ir-.— From The Bloom of 1,-:,.. by Anatolo JFVamss.