MUSIC AND VERSE.
In Eden, ere the foot of man Had touched the flower-besprinkled sward, Near whera the limpid waters ran Stood two of highest Heaven's adored. " What nawer pleasure can we bring To Him who formed this wondrous place ? How can we glorify our King — The mighty Lord of time and space ? " This morn, when wandering through the gl ade, I found small rays of sunshine warm, Which intertwined in silence made Sweet language in a rhythmic form." " And I," the other said, " have culled These flowers, which thus I gladly wove, And so have caught the sounds that lulled To sleep the creatures of the grove." The angels then together spread The gifts which they had there prepared, While fragrant odours upward sped And vapours sweet their heads upreared. Music and verse — apart, combined— Raise men above all care and strife, And none can surer blessings find Amid the troubles of thia life. | St. Clair, February 1897. — Geo. T. Palmer.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2244, 4 March 1897, Page 41
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162MUSIC AND VERSE. Otago Witness, Issue 2244, 4 March 1897, Page 41
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