Verse for To-day
O mortal man, who livest here by toil, Do i not complain of this thy hard estate; That like ah emmet thou must ever moil, Is a sad sentence of an ancient date; And, certes, there is for it reason great; . . For, though sometimes it makes thee weep and wail, And curse thy star, ai\d early drudge and late, Withouten that would come ■ an heavier bale, Loose life, unruly passions, and diseases pale. From “The Castle of Indolence,” by James Thomson, 1700—1748.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 27094, 31 May 1949, Page 1
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85Verse for To-day Otago Daily Times, Issue 27094, 31 May 1949, Page 1
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