FAR AWAY.
[From FitAZEK'g Magazine.]
"The land that is very far'off."— lsaiah xxxiiL 17. Upon the shore Of Evermore We sport like children at their play j And gather shells Where sinks and swells The mighty seas from far away. Upon that beach, Nor voice nor speech Doth things unintelligible say ; But through our souls A whisper rolls That comes to us from far away. Into our ears The voice of years Comes deeper, deeper, day by day: We stoop to hear, - As it drew near, Its awfulness from far away. At what it tells We drop the shells were so full of yesterday, And p ck no more Upon that shore But dream of brighter for away. And o'er that tide, Far out and wide, The yearnings of our souls do stray; We long to go We do not know Where it may be, but far away.
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Otago Witness, Issue 666, 3 September 1864, Page 19
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148FAR AWAY. Otago Witness, Issue 666, 3 September 1864, Page 19
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