"MARGARET."

Otago Witness, Issue 2242, 18 February 1897, Page 51

"MARGARET."

j Here where the old totara's twisted roots '< Creep downward to the placid water's edge : And hide amongst die green vi-roaica— "I'was huro we stood, she with her earnest eyes Gaziug far o'er the lake, where the last glow 'I hat lit the western sky was mirror' d A. golden radiance in its still blue depths, WhiUt overhead sailed the calm orescent moon. The scene was like h«r face, so pure and fair, Shaded o'er with thought, yet- through tht shadow A mystic glory shone. Such was the fac3 My dreaming Margaret upraised to mine. ■ '"Tis," she" said, "as though (he gate had \ opened j To give admittance to a wuary soul, ! And sent to us this gleam of Heaven's light ; ' I fain would follow it, avray, away 1 Even to the many-mansioned city. ' Then oh, beloved ! if in that tearless land My spirit stayed, how it would watch fortliee! ■ 'T would not be Had; I would not have the« grieve ; Oaly to Think that in a deathles3 home thy lovo I awaited thee. i But oh ! the world is fair, and life is Bweefc When spent for others — sweetest, noblest ! Hast ever felt when mingling with a crowd Anguish immeasurable, thy spirit wring, Lest one soul there stand not at the right hand When the herf-after comes. And, brooding thus, If such might be, would give thy life. If that could wake some atolid, sleeping one, Soothe a crushed ppirit, win for God oue heart. Thus have I felt, and ofttimea have I wept, Till, in an agony of impotence, I laid me down at the Infinite's feet." I And then I knew that o'er the Universe, ! From the pure eyes of the All Merciful, ' A love ahone more effulgent than its sun ; And feeling thus, tbe earth that seemed so dark Grew blight and almost shadowless. And then, With all the love that dwelt deep in her eyes, Wistfully sweet, she gazed far into mine : "And then, beloved," the said, "I'll watch fo* thee " O'er yonder mountain, bright in amber lights, And rich in violet shades, setteth the aim. Again the light ia fading from the hills, I And casts a parting gleam upon the lake, Shimmering through the broad totara's boughs On the convolvuli's white drooping buds. I Half hid amongst their leaves ; and o'er the fertt j A glory falls, edging it all with gold. i Aud now I stand alone, where we so oft ' Spoke heart to heart in the still twilight hours. m —Christine R. Mitchell. Balclutha, February 7.

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