Original Poetry.

Otago Witness, Issue 925, 21 August 1869, Page 16

Original Poetry.

'-■ J'', 'YEARS, AfRE STEALING/ //• r: , Years are stealing,,years s ares stealing/;' M Youth!s, bright star is on the wane j , , 'lime, We mocker, is unveiling , • ' H6p"e with all her trappings vaix£, Aerial towers, sylvan bower's, V"• Coral cave, and golden plain' ; "" ' ' > . Blighted, faded.are the flowers, ' ' The scythe An mowing down the grain. Years are stealing, years are' stealing, l We see not as we've seen before ? Colder grows each finer feeling, Warm emotions, start no more. .Impulsive fire, proud desire, , Impetuous as ocean's roar. The sable ship is drifting higher, . Yonder lies the mystic shore. Years are stealing, years are stealing ; You and I have gone astray,, Since w/thin the Old Home kneeling, We were fondly ,taught,to pray ,: „ Pure words spoken, heartfelt token / , Of our homage to His sway.' Graves w.ere iWade and ties were broken In the Old Land far away. Years are stealing, years are stealing, Where is fortune, where is fame ; , , Where' is friendship, soothing, healing 5 Where is love, ecstatic flame. Friendship's flying, love is dying, In the summer montha they came ; Winter through the trees is sighing, Love and friendship, scorn and shams. Years are stealing, years are stealing, See life's tinsel chariot glide ; Grasping avarice is wheeling Vanity and vulgar pride 5 False and shallow, time will swallow Rags and riches in his tide : Millions went, and we must follow-*-Prince or pauper may not 'bide. Years are stealing, years are atealing. Yonder mist is but a tear The brilliant Eye of day concealing, Morn is there, and night is here. In the morning, streaks adorning Heaven's grand refulgent sphere ; Clouds at mid-day — solemn warning — barker shades at night appear. Hafiz. Dunedin, August 9th, 1869.