SONG OF NILAME.
"To ! overcome his enemy a man must fefthet submit to his will or minister to his need."— Sinhalese Proverb. • : He (was my friend, but now I know He willed to set our ways apart. Alas ! that he should be my foe Who once was dearest to iny heart. Far. from hip realm he banished me, All "heedless of my bitter tears.' Thait.face most beautiful to see , . Was hidden from me through long • • "years. . . , ( O weary 'days unoomforted ! ,'.;, O. lonely hours and burdensome ! It was. a^i id,le,,wor^ tha,t said ■ ; Thus a mail's foes were overcome. For: all my pains Were surely gone < If I could seek him in his need, And tend him where, he lies alone, And serve him both in wotd and deed. Or . . . if in pity, ho should come, Stretch forth his hand — make known his will— - I would submit unto him— dumb • With joy . . . because I love, him still.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12707, 9 March 1912, Page 6 (Supplement)
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155SONG OF NILAME. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12707, 9 March 1912, Page 6 (Supplement)
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