SELECTED POETRY.
DOES IT PAY ?
«— — :o: BY I. M. FELT.
Does it pay,, I. wonder, to toil for gold Till the back is bowed and bent, Till 'the 'heart' fs old and the hair is white, And life's best days are spent ; , Till the eyes are bliud with the yellow dust That we strive for day by day, Till *H we heaT is the coin's dull clink, I wonder, does it pay ? Does" it' pay, I wonder, to strive for naught - Bnfc the pleasnres life will give, To dance all night and to dream all To be merry while we lives To work and worry and fume and fret Over what we shall wear to-day, What we shall eat and what we shall drink, I Wonder, does it pay ? Does' it pay, I wonder, to giro oar strength, The treasures of heart and brain, The gift of the gods and the skill of hand, For that which brings no gam ; To labor for that which is bread alone, And the things that pass away, Till the heart is full of an aching void, I wonder, does it pay ?
Does it pay, I wonder, to never stop In the ceaseless rnsh and care, And list to the songs of bird and brook, Or wander through woodlands fair ; To never think of what lies beyond The narrow sphere of to-day; Till the new life dawns on our untried souls, • I wonder, does it pay ?
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 11784, 5 October 1901, Page 2 (Supplement)
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242SELECTED POETRY. Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 11784, 5 October 1901, Page 2 (Supplement)
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