INCONSTANT.

Otago Witness, Issue 1901, 10 July 1890, Page 38

INCONSTANT.

Inconstant) O my Rod, Inconstant 1 when a single thought Can send my thrilling blood Back on my heart as no one since has taught. Inconstant I may be ■"ITo all the years and friends that intervene ; But could thy face I see Those years were as they had not been . Inconstant to the hope, The high ambition that my spirit weaves, 'Tis strong to soar and cope With ill— till recollection grieves. Whpn was I false to friend ? When was I traitor even to enemy? And could my heart descend First to learn treachery to thee ? I have been lonely oft, * And loving care has cheered a twilight way ; But memory, whispering soft, Has said, " With him alone 'twas day." Inconstant I Had I been, Another pathway might have led to fame, Where fields were fair and green, But I had chosen the shadow in thy name. Inconstant I may be To the warm beams of passing summer sun. For in my heaven I see One light which bHrns afar— nnd only one. Feeble its rays at best > But, for its light I let the sunshine I go ; It does not light to restWhen nights are dark it scarce a beam doth show. Inconstant ! As the bird Soaring to heaven who will a song track leave. At night time can be heard Neatward. So doth my heart return to grieve. Inconstant t As the wave Receding rushes to be glad and free And oomes again to lave The shore, so comes my heart to thee. Inconstant ? Would I were I Or that thy love, or mine, had been untold, Then these long years of care Had never scared my soul and made it old. Yet sometimes when the light Shines on the path I dimmed my own to bless, Think on my early night And all thy thought will be In gentleness. And in thy happier lot Think of the vow thou didst once vow to me, If it should be forgot — " Qod be to me as I shall deal by thee." — Alice. No medicine is more conscientiously prepared, more powerful, or more highly concentrated, than Ayer's Sarsaparilla. Its .standard of excellence is the result of carefu} itudy, The beit blood-purifier.