" ADEL."

Otago Witness, Issue 2286, 23 December 1897, Page 54

" ADEL."

The Comforter.

This is enough of sorrow, friend ; the sun out"

snle in brightness Is teaching lips to bless the birds that revel in the grove ; Another eodk awaits thee, sweet ai hers, and full

of lightness — B-yond this narrow chamber bides an olive*

bearing dove. The 30 curtains, which co closely hide in shadow

deep thy sorrow, As earth within its bosom so a priceless gem

may hideStill, hidden gems are useless, save that we their

letson borrow To brisg our treasures from their night, by

grief intensified. Lo ! Commerce \seeks thy useful help— besida the anvil glowing A mass of molten metal waits a fotm at thy command ; • Ami who is she to woo thy* soul from out these* realms of knowing ? To be foreVer near her in* a fancied visiouland? ■ • i - The Mourner. ' Then b'^ste I unfo!d<the curtains, drape them . pleasantly together ; ' A busy world, awaits me and my busine?s ia theie, ' Demanding gold and silver, bricks and mortar for its treasure, Tho' gold and silver never knew how she' was good and fair. The pen, whilst running nimbly over figures a>-.d deductions To catch the smile of Commerce as she bids the past farewell, Never thinks* to grant a column counting deftly the seductions That made its earth a debtor through the medium of A<iel. She never did a single deed nor sang a long enchanted To gain a nation's or to claim- its honoured graves ; ' And yet methinks to her Home other laurela have been granted, She loved co well and knew the distant whisper of the waves. For we would meet together, on the moßsy rocks reclining, In silence deeply drinking the delights of ebbing day ; The seagulls hov'ring o'er the "Isle, in em'rald cradle sbiniDg, Backed up with fading crimson, said the things our touls would say. I scarcely felt her presence, save the peace that laved around me, Abundant in the beauty of some far Arcadian coves ; The . chains that ever gladly to th' entrancing music bound me Were such as biuds the tui to the valley home he loves. , The Midnight, when it dares to fold the vi'let in embraces, Bequeaths a light and perfume" to the nicotine divine ; i We grieve the shadows falling on our gardens idol'd grace*, „.. .. ,- Till shade becomes a canopy for God himself sublime. For Day murt needs bo narrowed w,{th the bound'ry-light provides it, At mo3t an azure dome encircling islands in a All powerful in Bplendour through the gateway that divides it . Comes Might, to guide the longing soul into Eternity. No bound'ry line is there on Night's horizonles3 dominion — The stars can fall into its lap and Jtbere in vast-

ness hide. And we together watched it come on mute, majestic pinion, , Not thinking that the darkness meant to rob

me of my bride. Nor could I-'feel the parting with her hand in mine united, Tho' feebler beat the pulses till the throbbing

soon was gone ; • ...... J' Not even death shall part our love ! — 'twas thus our trotli we plighted ; Then twilight deepened into dark and left ma

here — alone. But ever since the Midnight has for me a wond'roufc charming— The nicotine gained graces which it never had

For through its perfume, mingling soft, all fearful thoughts disarming, A light breaks in of grandeur such as never

sunbeams wore. So, friend, I'll beg of Day a space to rest me from its building— To seek the trysting-place of old, which still

retains the spell. ' Profoundly dark to earth, the bills shall gam another gildiDg, ... And thee I'll wander gladly, wooing silence I withAdell

Addington, Christmas 1897.

To detach a fish bone from the throat, swallow a raw egg as quickly as it can be obtained.

20,000 Bedding Plants, including Asters, Phlox, Cosmos, Stocks, Lobelia, Coreopsis, Marigolds, Dianthas, Gaillardia— ls dozen. Orders for 5s post free to country, — Nimmo and Blair, Dunedin,