YESTERDAY
“Only those who dismissed all Fairyland as casually as they laid aside their childhood toys, are old.” —Cousin Betty. I watched the purple mists of evening gently roll Across the valley dim and grey; I heard the solemn church bells softly toll, But that was yesterday. I listened to the fairies in the moonlight singing, Where violets fring’d the way; I heard that silver laughter ringing— But that was yesterday. I knew the joy in life when life was young And oh! my heart was gay When all the joybells of the heart were rung. But that was yesterday. Now I watch life’s chilly mists a falling, My dreams are dead and cold; , Yet I think I hear the fairy voices calling As in the days of old. But still, alone I watch the sun go down, Counting dumb hours that I must stay Till One Supreme will come with Cross and Crown, Bringing back yesterday. —Cousin Lesley Shand (17), Rimu.
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Southland Times, Issue 21832, 8 October 1932, Page 21
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162YESTERDAY Southland Times, Issue 21832, 8 October 1932, Page 21
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