UNTIL THE WHOLE IS LEAVENED.

Otago Witness, Issue 2302, 14 April 1898, Page 53

UNTIL THE WHOLE IS LEAVENED.

You all would choose the leaden casket now ; Bub, had the pretty story ne'er been told, Where were the lover true who would not vow Naught held his mistress bub the glowing gold ? " ? Ay, quote me, "All that glitters "—just; the way Of the wise World that buys thought readymade ; " Appearances are oft"—your grace I pray r 'Tis time these baubles on the shelf were laid. Beauty may bs concealed beneath a mask O£ most repellent ugliness, I- know; Bat one small question I should like to ask— Did God intend it to be hidden 10 P Look round you everywhere ; deny this fact-~ No ravage of mmkind but Nature, Soul Informing Matter, quick or slow her act In the particula? instance, maketh whole c Nor merely healeth, but, in truth Divine, Proceedeth to make beautifuller far Than ere man's hurt; who, witnessing, repine No whit, but deem they have a right to mar. Look ab your brethren; prove me wrong who can — Do we e'er meet a. truly noble mind But lights the features of the plainest man Till none but knows him for the most refined P Hard work the Potter Soul's with our vile clay, But, in the poorest lump, She worketh ever j And with calm strength I prophesy the day When Body's grace from Soul's no thing shall sever. MiHSfAS.