Verse-Old & New

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18581, 15 December 1934, Page 13

Verse-Old & New

Beauty. Beauty everywhere! I sec it in the wondrous dawn — The jewels on a dew-drenched lawn--And led il in the air; The marvel of tlui heavenly dome,. The long, green wave which dies in foam; Mist-shrouded heights, the curlew’s call, The shattered crystal of the fall; The music of the storm-fed rills, The silent grandeur of the hills; In autumn leaves, the bees that hum, The majesty of yonder gum! The daffodils, a-waving free. Great cloud shapes sailing o’er the sea; The sleet; and fog, the driving rain. Vast winds of God —the hurricane— The pageantries of earth and sky, ,Surety peaks in virgin majesty; The fragile lily, uncle, : tiled* The .rippling laughter of a child— Oh, (beauty never, never dies, While flaming stars, like little moons, Shine forth from vast unctyuded skies! —Walter D. White, in Sydney Morning Herald. Youth Carries On. f *», Look to the future; seek not dull c,onton t, What ye shall eat, or wherewithal be; dud. , I Think of the race to come, when ye! are spent And needs must step aside. And why lx l sad? Look round and mark the faces of our youth, Their strengthsf purpose, forccl'ulness and truth;

[The men we meet, on their. ;: occftsi ! <)-rt? r j.; i ;' bent, ■ Clean-cut. strong-limbed, and 1 bright of eye, ' Broad-shouldered youngsters, grßs&js and confident, .t WM, Hager to face and grapple destiny"t. yi'V The women, too, who pass us .on the road, " Pink-cheeked and calm-eyed girls of pleasant face, Potential mothers of a healthy’ race, Sturdy and strong to carry on our load: < . Doubt not their strength and Ayill td curry high .' L-’isi The tonh wo fling, or facing foes ‘la .* die, i-y,’-. . Foes —be they alien ' blood'or frdrt) .yf within. 'Plie spawn of war, or aftertiVath ; ,o£\ ■sin. , '■ * iw} 'fit There must lie clean, good lives behindW‘ tin* brood j*f i .“A (H youngsters growing mp, so cAn'siV your feats; L " ■ ’ Knowing together all things work for-,.- 5 good, ’> ; Content to leave w T ith them the future .'' years. . —Edward B. Gallop.. 1 “ Teaeli children “Shoe Prlde'’-*ssOUlti* vote the "Nugget” habit.*