A VOICE FROM THE FARM.

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 168, 4 September 1886, Page 1

A VOICE FROM THE FARM.

-.You aay that my life is a round of toil? •.The stalwart farmer said, 'That I scarce can wrest from the oft tilled soil Mr pittance of daily bread ? Well, what you tell me in part is true, <I am seldom an idle man, •, '• . Sat Lvalue the blessing of rest* as you, . Who have much of it, never can. ' -And surely, I have never worked in vain, „ Fj»m the spring to the golden fall; The harvest nas "ever brought waving grain, , Jgnough and tp spare f <?r all. 4 And when in the- eveninej' free from care, I sit at my farmhouse .door. My wife and little ones waiting there, Oh, what has the millionaire more! My children may never have hoarded wealth. Their lives may at times be rough; But if in their homes they have love and health, ■■ They will find these riches enough.. The only land tbey will ever own, Is the land that the strong right arm And the patient, fearless heart alone Can till to a fertile farm. 1 have nothing beyond my simple wants, And a little for cloudy days; But no grim spectre my threshold haunts, Such as silver and gold might raise, Around me are eyes that with sparkling mirth Or placid contentment shine— And no wealth clogged lord upon all the earth Has a lot more blessed than mine.