OPTIMISM.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 11248, 11 April 1908, Page 3 (Supplement)

OPTIMISM.

There : .was never, a sunbeam lost, and , never a/drop of s .rain ; v . ■■■ '- : , There was never «a^suhbeam . loss,, and sung,, sung/iri vain j-V ■„', :, , There ■ was never .a "ribblfe : but through ehaiess,,years < it' oli^fes ;.'-,■.-/-. :'Arid\h ; 6yer-'a;rbJacks^^h'iß:;blow,''. r but.''an r e'ndless ;use s it' gives. •' V , . ;; V; .There . never . yias . a" ;<ijiild;'s .full, laugh', piv.a woi^a's^cH^eiTiil' Ayord,^, • r That?,djd :: hot.^ekali ; tHe; stAW^ wSere^'jts ! -<•; (tones were V f.elt • ah'dl i f heard. : "': 'X ;.. ; Know,;:- then,' that it ., still ftholds true ( fiohx;the|skies'to,;tiie> humblest s£il, That there .is,.iia. wasted-. ldve.laii^^ there ; 'is'np wastey'.tpip > ; , „,s - j -;'M Qgdeii /BigelovK in^^lun' :seys.;.-.-;.' : - '•; ;,r- : ■■-■ V^^'-,; : ■•?".? .■■

: '[' : ; : : \\ : -.|Afjbfl;-" ■;.■ ' 'i ■;'■;'■'/,■; It :•' is :. not raining 'rain^ to/me, "■-.. ; ; It's .raining daffddiis. f . •■'. ■.'.., Ihevery 'dimpledi' drop I'see ■''■',- Wild' flowers op. the .hills.' ;. : '.'■ ■ ; The ' clouds i,6f . grey,'obscut;e' the ;day ■ An^qverAyliplm.. the, 'tqwii:,. It w<;"ridt;.rrfiriiilg, ! r4jn^tp..-"me^r--; It's raining rpsea down! T , . ;'■■ '. ■■'■ : ■'.'-: '„ v ■■.' ■-, -A' !■ •■■■ ■■ - Itisjnot rftimng ram-^to me, •But' waterfalls \>f ,flb^er^." ; B^efbi'e .my: iq^rd, sea ;Of green and shady oowers v ' "J]Hfe wftid 1 witii' lnoi'st-iire' sprays my face ' ' And ; sings. ( ampngs^ the., trees.'... It is., not , raining "rain, tft'Tn&TBil,t hawthbvri- scented =jcas ! '•' ', ■ i '•'. . ', ' ■ '■' .... . • ' .-\ . ■.. ■ It is., not raining' , rai^ ' to ..me\. But fidlds of',clbyei% blopra-rr VVliei'e any Jjuc cancer ing, b.efc May find a ! bed andl room. A ' health untp^ tKe 'nap^r: * - A %; ; f or jhhn, w,h<^ „li^t&: It iav not raining ram ; ti*><ine—^ 'It's raining violets! —Solidarity (bardeh City' Press.) > THE WATCH BEtOW. '"\."[ Th 6 bell has sounded', and > the watch is ' don^, ; ■*•' ■-''■ '. . . The- dawn, enlightens, all the darkened ■ • sea^— -' : -■ -'• ■ '■; ■ v- ( ~'y ■ -.';■. '■-,;. ' : That cold relentless friend of stich as: we — .. ..■■ ■• • "■.•■. '":,.,,•' ■■ '\- : The*b£ll has sounded, brother : sriori the . / sun. '■\ : •. . • ■'■'.• •• ■ v ■■•' ' : ; ; No hiore to stare on dreary sheets of 1 ' ' : fdam,-' ' •'■■••■•. '■••' ■■. ■ ■ . • ■' • .; ■■ :._•■' No more to scan . the stars: m ahyy' . wise, ._ .' ■■•■'■' ,■_ ■■ " ■ .-' ' ■ : : ' ' ;.' ' " No more to .clambeir riggings hard ■ : , with ice;' '- : ; '"..",. . Lo ! on'the port repeat 'the lights *of -hbihe. : •'■ v •. . N- ■ Oh, wfi were, weary, weary,, land the „ .-btesV- .' ■-. • ' /; •;_.- ,' ; .' ; . i / . ' ' [^ That life could give us was ; to ploiigh the main' ' . t . ■■'•■'■ ; •Th.roiigh the . night till ; dawn , -loomed up agdin; : "^ But Qotli at .last ; has covered us with ■ ' . rest. "; '- •.'■ '■'{, ■■'[■ ■'■■'■'■ •'■; ■ .•. ' \. " \ •■ ■'■■''■ / ■ ..' ■■" ■. . ..' '•■ •■' The I bell, has' sounded/'tis the '.watch's -.. knell ; yj.^ ; [\ ■ A \.y \ Let us make haste below where it is AvarmV'-".' ''■=•'' ■ - : '■■■"■ ; ' . ' : '.' '' : Out of the cold and fog,' the dark and v storm: The bell has sounded, brothers.. All is well. . ' ; v • — Vincent O'Sullivan,. in -the Academy.