THE CLOUD WILL BREAK.
The cloud that hath brooded by day May break as the sun sinketh low, And steal from the uplands away, Leaving glorious the long afterglow. The sorrow that broodeth by day May pass ere the fall of the night, And we who have suffered will say — ' The Master hath done what is right " The mountains are moonlit and lone, The stars are infinitely spread. And the sea on the heacllar.d do h moan: It is well that our dearest aie dead The valley is darkened and chill Where long they have si!ent.!y lam, Bui the sun riseth over the hill, And the niormng- returnctu again. The lark is aloft in the cloud, The garden is rich with perfume. The sea ou the headland is loud, And the breeze is abroad in the broom. The grasses are glinting with dew, The foliage fresh from the shower. Ah' all that the Master may do Leadeth on to that far, holy hour, When He who ha.+h hidden so long The face of His infinite pain Returns with a jubdant throng, O'er His myriad creatures to reigii. — Charles Oscar Palmes. Kaikoura, January, 1907.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2761, 13 February 1907, Page 70
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193THE CLOUD WILL BREAK. Otago Witness, Issue 2761, 13 February 1907, Page 70
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