A WORD OF CHEER.
Though clouds are lowering dark to-day, And fiercest storms are l aging high, ( Though sharp and rough jiiay be your way, Hedged in with many a thorn grown high. Though slow and weary be your tread, And wounded &ore your bleeding feet, The lane may turn not far ahead, And open to a meadow sweet. Where your tired feet may press the grass So soft and green, and sweetly cool; Where your parched lips, as on you pass, May slake their thirst beside seme pool. The clouds that hang so dark and low The sun's bright rays may yet dispel, While you, whose tears so sadly flow, Shall say, rejoicing, all is well. For many a day may darkly break, That ere its 'close shall radiant gleam ; So, fearful heart, fresh courage take, Blue skies for youmay brightly gleam. —MARIAN CAMPBELL KIDDLE. August, 1900.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2425, 5 September 1900, Page 56
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148A WORD OF CHEER. Otago Witness, Issue 2425, 5 September 1900, Page 56
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