PREFERENCES AND TREASURES.
I'd rather drink cold water from the brook, Than quaff exoitement from a golden chalice; I'd rather sleep on straw in shepherd's hut, Than lie awake and restless in a palaco. I'd vathcr earn dry bread in lusty health, And eat it with a sense of wholesome pleasure, Than feed without the zest of appetite Off gorgeous plate and unavailing treasure. I'd rather have one true unfailing friend, Than fifty parasites to crave my bounty ; And one poor lass who loved me for myself, Than one without a heart who owned a county. Nature is kind if our desires are pure, And strews rich blessings everywhere around 1 us; While fortune, if we pant in her pursuit, Too often grants her favours to confound us. Fresh air and sunshine, flowers, and health, and love — These are endowments if we learn to prizo. them ; The wise man's treasures better worth than gold, And none but fools and wicked men despise them. — Chambers^ Journal.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 9292, 19 January 1892, Page 4
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165PREFERENCES AND TREASURES. Taranaki Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 9292, 19 January 1892, Page 4
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