NEVER.

Otago Witness, Issue 2006, 4 August 1892, Page 37

NEVER.

•"So it's home at last to nestle i Where the river is borne in rills, At the stern heart, the pure heart Of the everlasting hills : But the call of the fountain falling, The smile of the meadow greenWill the light young feet be ever Where once their way has been 1 Never, never, never, never ! Up the bright valley of willows, And down the dark way of the pines. You home of the tender zephyr 1 I know at the noon of night The moon will linger a little To bathe your buds in light. "When rose and rhododendron Are dusk at even fall, Will the hearts that twined around them Be glad in their dreamy, thrall ? JJever, never, never, never 1 IJp the broad walk of the aster, And down the green road of the rose 1 Low in the mountains' cradle, Set as an emerald gem, The forest of ages behind you, A dark, sweet diadam t The arms of the river around you For love, as I love you too — "Will tho eye 3 that drank your magic, My valley, be closed in you ? "Never, never, never, never I By the great stone gates nncarven. By the place where the rivers wed ! —Jessie Mackay. IRainclifT, Pleasant Point, July 24.