SOON !
I listen to the cold rain falling, foiling, And, as I listen, wish that I v.ere dead! Out of the 3ark a voice comes calling, call-
Soon shall the green grass wave above my head!
Ah' of this pain I am so weary, weary; Soon shall my fainting, longing soul bo free! Life, once so pleasant, now is dreary, dreary, Tears blind my eyes, but now I seen shall see!
Xow in the meadows flowers are springing, springing ; At dawn of day I hear the blackbird's song ; B\it Death to me release is bnnguig, bringing,
And rest — which I have been denied so long! When that rest comes, and I am sleeping,
sleeping, Remember, all my love to you I gave! You will come somelrtn.es and sit weeping, weeping, "Watering with tears >v he flowers upon my
grave. With the 60ft breeze above you sighing, sigh-
ing, As though it pitied all your depth of woe, Try not to grieve for me there lying, lying, Only remember I was glad to go' — M. G. Hayteh.
May 13, 1903.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2574, 15 July 1903, Page 76
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179SOON! Otago Witness, Issue 2574, 15 July 1903, Page 76
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