Poetry.
l itima Veritas. WASHINGTON GLADDEN. In trie bitter waves cl woe, Heater, and tossed about Jy the sullen winds that blow From the desolate shores of doubt; When the anchors that faith hod east Are dangling in the gale, I am quietly bolding fast To things that cannot fail. I know that light is right, That it is not good to lie, That love is better than spite. And a neighbor than a spy; I know that passion needs The leash of a sober mind: I know that generous deeds Some sure reward will find; That the rulers must obey, That the givers shall increase, That Duty lights the way For the beautiful feet of Peace. In the darkest night of the year, When the stars have ell gone out, That courage is better than fear, That faith ia truer than doubt; And fierce though the fiends may fight. And long though the angels hide, I know that Troth and Bight Have the universe oo their eide; And that somewhere, beyond the atan, Is a love that ia better than fate— When the night unlocks her ban 1 shall see Him, and I will wait
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Wairarapa Standard, Volume XX, Issue 2017, 14 January 1887, Page 1 (Supplement)
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