The Home Circle.

Southern Cross, Volume 13, Issue 52, 24 March 1906, Page 7

The Home Circle.

THE HIGH CHAIR

Of all the chairs of Church or State— Bench, woolsack, throne, or what you will—--Tis written in the book of fate The hig'h chair is the highest still. Lolled in his office chair, there sits The master of a thousand mills ; Men toil or rest as he permits ; Men fall or prosper as he wills. Squat in his place of power, behold The monarch of a mighty land ! ’And destinies are lightly told. Toyed in the hollow of his hand. But over all and over each ‘Another sits who must be reckoned; The eternal woman comes to teach The first of men he is but second. iYet hardly is her reign begun Till she must learn as she has schooled ; For lo ! there comes the helpless one And rules the ruler of the ruled. For chairs of Church, or seats of State — Bench, woolsack, throne, or what you will— Are only relatively great ; The high chair is the highest still! —"St. Nicholas.”-