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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12707, 9 March 1912, Page 6 (Supplement)

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Tribute to World's Greatest Benefactor When all the world hath ceased to know, The pomp that propped the proudest throne; „ • . Wh«n all the vain and useless show Into the darkest past* hath flown ; Mankind shall bend devoutly low "'' And Lister's deathless fame shall own. What conqueror in his proudest hour Hath honor thrust tipon his name — What monarch in his vastest power. Hath earned so sweet and lasting fame' As he, who dyings leaves a dower ; The endless ages shall acclaim? Thro' all the ages man hath trod The paths of pain, the ways* of woe; And ages yet mankind shall plod . With pained and feeble steps and • ; ; slow — , Buti! Lister, like a smiling God, «' ;' Hath, left his benison below. ;' - v ■ ! : ;!•' ■' ■'■ ■ •■■■ '- Vj:^What miracles of gracious skill : < : Have been performed! Shall yet be ' I ■ done - -■;■;■'' By his sweet grace? What wonders thrill The world? What triumphs hath' he - won? . What countless souls at his kind will Have lived' and loved beneath the siih? What thankful multitudes shall bless The magic hand that eased their pain? What lips in gratitude shall press The base of Lister's lofty, fame? Whiat suffering poor \n their distress , j Shall think of him and smile again? — Tom Beasley.