A TOUCH OF NATURE.
Moee beautiful or expressive lines than those in " Mem Linton's" little fragment, " JBessie and I," it has rarely been our good fortune to see. It represents two little vagabonds, brother and sister, abroad and ihelterless in the streets of a great city of a wintry night. At length, the boy, becoming angry with their hard lot, losing faith in Providence, but still afraid of God, turns and appeals to the cold and unreplying Empress of tha Night:— !' ' You Moon! hare you got any God in the sky ?:■ That we should be scorned by. passers-by/ And left in the street to starve and dieBessie and I ? We've been thrust away from many a door; And we only asked for the alms of the poor, A orust of bread and a bed on the floor— ' Bessie and I. We're hungry and tired, and sore are our feet, JTrom treßding so long up and down the street Through the blinding storm of snow and sl«et— Bessie and I. I guess I'll make us a bed in the snow, 3Tor Sis is so tired, and then you know In all this city we've nowhere to goBessie and I. ~We'd go to Heaven if it wasn't so high, But may be the angels will come, by-and-by, -And carry us up to the bright, blue sky— Btnitanil,
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC18770908.2.18
Bibliographic details
Colonist, Volume XIX, Issue 2281, 8 September 1877, Page 4
Word Count
225A TOUCH OF NATURE. Colonist, Volume XIX, Issue 2281, 8 September 1877, Page 4
Using This Item
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in