THE RAINBOW ROAD
'Twaa s broken road whence we bore
our load, .■■ ■ . But we marched 'neath a sapphire sky, And youth acoffed gay at the length of the Avay, For yesterday hope shone high. Ere the dusk was spent avc should stake " our tent At the base of the., rainbow-span, Where the gold that lies has dazzled ' men's eyes Siiico ever the world began. But tho spell that drew 7 like a Avhite bird. flew ' Forever beyond oui 1 hands, . And tho mists of to-day have" led us astray, Till we.stiiriible 'mong- drifting sands; Yet ever a cry comes waver ing nigh. From the Avhito v bird lost to view, And we peer through the mist for the gold that is kissed By the changeling rainboAV hue. When hope burns loaa-' as thc milestones 'g«>*«f» Defaced Avith phe -suai arid- rain, And Aye falterv-a.iid fall-, conies the bird's weird call,: 7 ■'■'.- And the rainbow arches thc. plain. Then the breaking he^rt, on its quest • Avil.l start.*", , '»,,', 7 Till the lamp of its purpose fails. Though the mists of to-daj* lead us ever astray, . .. 7, Td-moi'i'OAv the sun prevails.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19100312.2.69.41.5
Bibliographic details
Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 12095, 12 March 1910, Page 3 (Supplement)
Word Count
188THE RAINBOW ROAD Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 12095, 12 March 1910, Page 3 (Supplement)
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Poverty Bay Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in