PULLING HARD AGAINST THE STREAM.
* In tho world I'to pained my knowledge, ■ And for it have had to pay, ! Though I o«sT«r went to College, ! Yet I'»o uo«r<l that jxxsU say — | Life is like a mighty river, Rolling on from day to day : , , Men arc Teasel* launched upon It j Sometimes wrecked and cast away, So then— V ',' Do your best for one another, Making life a plewant dream, Help a wurn ami weury brother, Falling hard against the stream. Mnny a bright, good-hearted fellow s , Many a noble-minded man : FirnU hltiuelf in waters shallow,—* - v ' Then ojaiat him if you «*«. Somo succeed at every iv ning, ' Fortune favours every scheme, Others, too, thoujih moro deserving, Hare to pull ngnlnst the iUcam. So than, &c • If tho wind la in your favour, ; : And you'vo wcothen-d t'Tery.sqnaU, Think of thoic who, luckless Übour, Navef $w fair wind *t •!!, I Working Jiard, ewntennjd, willing, Struggling on lifu's ocean wide, . : - : - Not a friend and not a shilling, Fulling hard sgiinat the tide. ... So then, &c Don't gsve way to footiih sorrow, L«t this keep you in kooJ chetr, Brighter d>iy» will come to-raorrow, I If you'll «ry, and persev^r^,, . <j Darkese nights nm«t hava a'dAWßlsf/ . Though this sky ho overcast j ' *\ Longest Irtnei must hard a' turning, . '- 1 And the tide will turn at last. So then, &c
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 13, 28 May 1868, Page 2
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225PULLING HARD AGAINST THE STREAM. Star (Christchurch), Issue 13, 28 May 1868, Page 2
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