SABBATH BELLS.
How gpntly o'er these tranquil dells Steals the clear sound of (Sabbath bells, Bearing io many a lu-ait of c.mj The psac j , tbe balm of rat *\v\ prayer. Sure overy liltla lowly flower Feel-; The cUm I'pirit of the hour, * Aiid listening to the bell's Eof I sound A kWcctrtv pei/'ume breathes around. The lakes (fair Nature's loving eyes Th->t look tnrcver i> the skies) i .Keel oi) their waves the bull's refrain : As dof tly beat as summer jam. I Ye\ ah ! while now the eohoe3 ful I A lingering sadness semus to wail, And tell how soon Life's little day | Dies l.ke thoie hollow toues away. I April 1897. — H. J. B.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2250, 15 April 1897, Page 41
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117SABBATH BELLS. Otago Witness, Issue 2250, 15 April 1897, Page 41
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