THE SONG OF THE OCEAN.
"What is the Ocean saying In its dull undertone? What mighty matters weighing Under Fhe deep, sad moan ? ■ Are the sighs of the disappointed Buried under the blue? Are the cries of the broken-hearted Mingling their woes there too? ' Do all our fleeting sorrows Creep off into tae sea, Leaving our days and to-morrows Silent, ue speaking, but free? Free ! for there's freedom in silence. Do the waves bear our weight of care, • • Leaving us free to be joyous And to pick up our mirth hero and there 7 If so, then the portion of sorrow • That cometh to mortals through sin • Will be laved through and through with God s waters ; •' And when we are entering in To the Haven of peace and of gladness ' Which waiteth ovor the sea, The moan and the dull tone of sadness Shall break into sweet melody. Dunedin, Jnne 29. Vocabha.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2210, 9 July 1896, Page 41
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153THE SONG OF THE OCEAN. Otago Witness, Issue 2210, 9 July 1896, Page 41
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