HOPE.
It was a wild and stormy noon, When rude winds hell their sway, When saddened Nature seemed to mourn The brightness passed away ; When, driven by the gustj' blast, Dark clouds of leaden hue Sped o'er the sky in scried ranks, Aud hid its depths of blue. With joyless heart and pride subdued The sombre scene I scanned ; The sun was hid, aud shadows dark Enveloped all the laud. Anou a ray of He;iven-born light Fell on a green cl ail slope — Glad harbinger of brighter days — It seemed a beam of hope. Ah Hope ! I mused, when all seems lost, When all is sad and dreary, — When courage fails, and heart and brain In fruitless toil are weary, — ■ Thy cheering ray can light our path, How dark soe'er its course ; Kindle fresh aspirations — raise The soul from its remorse. When friends are false, when love hath fled, And fondest hearts are riven, Thy balm, sweet Hope ! is all alike To prince and peasant given. In life, Hope bids us onward look To better, nobler things, — In death, it bears the spirit hence On bright seraphic wings. F. J. P. Gisborue,, N.Z., 18th October, ISSO.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VII, Issue 1155, 23 October 1880, Page 2
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196HOPE. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VII, Issue 1155, 23 October 1880, Page 2
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