“PER ASPERA—”
To R. F. H. A woman dreamed, and in her vision saw A distant star so great and glorious. She prayed with ail her soul that she might find And live within the beauty of its light. Long, long she sought, unheeding hardship, pain. She found at last a simple lamp-lit room, Of beauty barren and of comfort bare, But with a little cradle by the hearth. Stifling a sigh, with care and patient toil She made the humble room into a home, And rocked to sleep the child within the crib. Then soft she rose and stole outside the door, And gazed up through the cold with searching eyes, Seeking still that star her spirit yearned. A sound came from within. She hastened back And gently bent over the restless child, Who waking wonder-gazed into her eyes, For there it saw—a shining star, and smiled. And then the woman, slowly smiling back, Saw suddenly within the child’s glad eyes. Clear mirrored from her own—the visioned star. —Margaret Vale, in the Agora.
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Otago Witness, Issue 4014, 17 February 1931, Page 68
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