DESPAIR.
Have you ever known the feeling, that it is to long for death; To see the shadows deepen as you drew your dying breath, Have you ever known tiie longings of a sad and -weary mind ; To leave a world of troubles and a sea of cares behind ?■*".'■■■ Have you known it— felt it j when life's sky was dark with fears, And its solemn olouds were rolling through a vale of bitter tears?. When no " silvery light" was shining to light the weary way; Or scatter clouds of deep despair that hid the light of day. When hope was gaily springing in the sunny days of youth, And the after years of sorrow revealed the bitter truth, When the sordid, grasping ways of men rolled on | you like a wave, — i Did you ever doubt the happiness that lies beyond ['•: -thegraye. * ■ I • t. m. I
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 4715, 5 August 1893, Page 3
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147DESPAIR. Star (Christchurch), Issue 4715, 5 August 1893, Page 3
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