HEAVEN ON EARTH.
If you'd live a happy life, Work and sing, boys, gaily ; Joy will sweeten toil and strife, Cheer you onward daily. Like true brothers play your part, Show goodwill and kindness; Love unlocks the hardest heart, Long shut up in blindness. Winds are piping in the croft, O'er the corn and clover ; Hear the skylark's song aloft, Lightsome as a lover t Nature's harp of countless strings Thrills with tones of gladness ; He is wise who works and sings, And charms away his sadness. Laughter-loving lips beguile Many a care and sorrow, And the face that cannot smile Makes a dark to-morrow. Who can love a brow of gloom, Lips no smile hath parted 1 Be like birds 'mid leaves and bloom, True and merry-hearted. Never, boys, for riches rave, But be prudent duly ; What you me, not what you have, Makes you nappy truly. Habits of expense will grow If you bow to fashion ; Pride of place, and love of show,
Breed a dangerous passion.
Dearest heaven begins on earth, Clothed with moral beauty, Soberness and manly worth, Rectitude and duty. Always keep your temper sweet, Be not sad and dreary ; Let your hearts to mu9ic beat, Cheery, cheery, cheery !
Sheldon Chadwick.
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Otago Witness, Issue 665, 27 August 1864, Page 2
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206HEAVEN ON EARTH. Otago Witness, Issue 665, 27 August 1864, Page 2
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