A SONNET OF BATTLE.
Reluctant Morn, ■whose meagre radiat>ce lies With doubtful glimmer on the fai-thest hills, How long shall nit-n rei'ermt of their ilia, With peevish invocatiou bid thee ri>e To burn to nooutide glory in the ski^s That how a gloom unstirred and sullen fills, And seek from thee and not their own strong wills . That perfect good which is not bought with sighs ? Why weep and wait for thee, thou liggard Morn, With all thy jiys of love and psace «ii(f light? For us the mightiei joy that rives tlie soul In fell encounter with the hoists of N'ghfc, Forestiilling thee with fi=ry tcintilliuce born Of clubbing blade and victor's aureole. Wii. Gay. Mundy street, Bendigo, November 1895.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2179, 28 November 1895, Page 45
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121A SONNET OF BATTLE. Otago Witness, Issue 2179, 28 November 1895, Page 45
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