TO MY MOTHER.
[r.Y STKHIEN MASSETT.] Mv Mother ! canst thou see me now, 'From the far-off iields of light? Canst thou in spirit come again, Am! bless mo with the sight. Oh ! I can see thee when these eyes Are closed in balmy sleep, And, revelling in happy dream?, We sweet communion keep. Years, years have passed, and life to me Has been but as a dream ; Yet often have I yearned for thee While sailing down its stream. Fond memory brings thee back again As thou vert once to me, When nestled in thy arms I la}', Or crept upon thy knee I And when I saw thee in that sleep From which there is no waking, And felt, as 1 then on thee gazed, My very heart was breaking. Oh ! can it be that in that laud Where there is no more pain We may once more united be, JTeroc to part again? And shall we meet as we have met, And bo as we have been ? And shall I see thee on me smile, As I have sometimes seen ? Oh, God ! if this it is to meet In Heaven's own land of light, Illumine my path, direct my feet, And guide my steps aright !
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Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 610, 16 April 1878, Page 2
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207TO MY MOTHER. Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 610, 16 April 1878, Page 2
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