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Otago Witness, Issue 2168, 12 September 1895, Page 39

TWO.

Two mon in a bo»t On a running atream Downward fl.jat "~ With an onward dream; Tho roar of the angry fall come 3 near, Which yearns thoir boatt'i smother. Why echoes Night their cy of fear?— They wouldn't pull together I Two friends in a life, With its changes va3t, Its joys and strife, Are foes at las>\ Why should that love ba thrown away W&ich bound one to the other? The answer comes— oh, hoar it pray I— They wouldn't pull together 1 Two he \tt* ia a home By wedding bound* Have leirned to roam Where sixbs resound. Oh ! great te the height of eh* kill of lova— Higher than any other ; These two souls could have dwelt above If they'd only pull together 1 Two town* in a land Which a sea made ona With its mystic bind Anl the -aiue br'ghfc suo Build walls of cruel hate and sco:a To separate c ich o her ; Fir greater vAU wouM earth adora If they'd only pull togothcr ! Two lands in a sphere. "Where Newton found E;ich alorn mere In concord bound; Yet thoy fight in the world like fiends of hell And try the bonds io smother ; The love is mute which would grandly swell If they'd only pull together ! Two graves in the gloom Of a churchy >rd deep, Two hearts in the loinb Of si Ic nc sleep, The grave is a place for dead to lie— * Oh ! st->ter hear, and brother, If we'd leirn to live where they Cinnot die Let ua wake and pull together I Dunedin. September 1805. Nap.