THE SINGER.
Nay ! Sing no more of thy presumptuous dream (I heard them say, while I my song pursued, I heard them say, yet not to hear did seem, I heard them any, yet still my eon«j reuewed). Nay ! Sing no more with wild and wasteful breath Of man immortal and of life to come; Look but a moment on the face of doiith, Then be thy foolish son;; for ever dumb. Behold the lifeless ush that once was fire, And mark the summer loaf iv autumn fall ; Watch thou the wavering breath of mau expire, And know that Death hath lordship over all. (I heard them say wiih laivny a scornful word, Yet ntill sung on as one who nothing heard.) Bendigo, Victoria. Wm. GAY.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5760, 2 January 1897, Page 2
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126THE SINGER. Star (Christchurch), Issue 5760, 2 January 1897, Page 2
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