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Original Poetry.

UNCHANGEABLE, UNCHANGING THOU.

By John G. Smith. The brightest gem this world contains Will turn to vile and worthless clay ; The fairest flower that stars the plain Will pale its beauty in decay. The mighty monarch of tho wood His lofty head will lowly how ; Earth's glories all shall fade away— Unchangeable, Unchanging, Thou ! The .star* that shed their twinkling lights Will from the \ault of azure fall ; The sun his radi.mt hoims blull hide, And gloom and darkness cover all ; The heavens themselves shall pass away, The crown be reft from Nature's brow ; Mount, stream, and sea shall cease to be— Unchangeable, Unchanging, Thou 1 . And man— his empires rise and fall : Wiiete citica stood, t .c descit rcigtis ; His Gods are sepulchred in dust, And silence fill.-, hi-, s.icred fanes ; Change is the note that time h.ith rung, From the Creation's dawn till now; But 'mid the wreck one rock remainsUnchangeable, Unchanging, Thou ! When doubts and fears obscure the soul, When peace and joy aw a v have fled, When thoughts, hke ocean w.-.ves, are tossed, When hope is daik, and faith is deadOne >.tar is there, it shines on high, Ai.d gem ,• thj night's refulgent brow ; One »iar— the word— the ti utli sublime Unchangeable, Unchanging, Thou ! —Long Bush, Southland.

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Otago Witness, Issue 1244, 2 October 1875, Page 19

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215

Original Poetry. Otago Witness, Issue 1244, 2 October 1875, Page 19

Original Poetry. Otago Witness, Issue 1244, 2 October 1875, Page 19

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