THE PRESENT.
Do your duty In the present — Th' future hasn't jClaim to booty; Hasn't seen, To-day! To-day! Yesterday Belongs to then. 1 Let the past Be "forgotten — • Raked too often, 'Twill ever lastl Future prospect, Speculating ! Ever waiting— » JTever past it. Toach the children Faithful duty— ~jIndividuality, Ti Truth, and Wisdom! ]^lore example /* From the elders! Young beholders Soon a sample. Something good Will live for aye; Bless, bless to-dayj Everyone should* — H. A. COBBLEDICK. Otautau, July 1899.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2368, 20 July 1899, Page 49
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79THE PRESENT. Otago Witness, Issue 2368, 20 July 1899, Page 49
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