SOUNDINGS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14359, 31 October 1908, Page 6

SOUNDINGS.

" Little ne knor of Iht hoary Be# \ Till the Men ot Lead and Line Solve hs a tithe of its mystery, slierr Sfrsoge gieims ot the limitless lite below Wjtli their soundings: hers be mine." FULL CIRCLE. ' At the waiter-gate Thou starxlcst, the dear, accustonved place, Still puking with the shoc-k of sweet surprise ; 0, the quick lift of Thy bosom, O, the snft glow of Thy face, And O, the starry wolcomo in Thine eyes! 'Tivas good, 'twas good to leave Thee, to follow Fate a.!av, Thro' days of strife and nights of hot alarms; . To tread the slimy places where leering devils are, "If this Ike end—Thy proud, outstretched arms!

Good. goc-d to lio imtemkd, drawing 6harp the cruel breath; To keg; to starve; to climb the mountain crest With bleeding feqt, lialf-fvoaen; to play a match with Death, If this the prize—the' comfort of Thy breast 1 O mv Lady, take me, take me, waishert o!oa,n of idiot pride, Thino utterly, if Thou wilt not disdain; Thine utterly, or sitting crowned am! ece.ptrod by Thy side, Or but.the last and bwo;t of Thy train. Thou sinilest, O my Lady, like the mmlil, ■ Sea, Thou raifcst me upon, my fret; .fast, fast Thcu hold'st my .hesitant bauds, and nearer, riraror drawesfc me, Tilt heart on heart throbs sudden: home at last! Mmw.