PROMISE
S \ HOSE delicate children, . ' - I SIS V A Thy dreams, still endure: ' H n ' All pure aiid lonely things , ill S - Wend td the“Purd.: -f , -, B || •. -Sight-not: unto the fold ■ *, ' M Eg , ■-■ -Their way -was sure. - ■ J v. Thy .gentlest dreams, thy frailest, 3 Hi Even-those that -wrere , H mm ' Born and lost in a heart-beat, ' |§§ mi ■■■■■'■' Shalt meet thee there, S be : . They are become'immortal. g In shining air. v S The- unattainable beauty |g| Th’e thought-of -which -wai pain, ■ - That flickered in eyes and on lips And vanished' again: . j|| That fugitive beauty - S' - - Thou shalt attain. lIS The lights-innumerable B Thjat ’ d thee, on and m, S The masque of tim'e ended, ■ - Shall glow into i orie. . , v = - It shall be with thee Cor ever i v . Thy travel done. S —A. E., in “Voices of the Ston.s.”
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12394, 13 March 1926, Page 12
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142PROMISE New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12394, 13 March 1926, Page 12
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