THE THREE GRACES.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2137, 20 March 1886, Page 1 (Supplement)

THE THREE GRACES.

i. In troubled timos, in dismal days, In trials dark and deep, What makes us still our hearts upraise, And bida rebellion sleep?— Faith. n. When all our joys are dashed to earth, When all our life seems broken, When sorrow calls, but never mirth, What word of comfort'n upoken ? — Hope. lIT. When folly cauues untold grief, When vice's seeds are grown ; What gives the heary heart relief ? What brings us peace alone ?— Charity. W.C.S.G. RangJHohia, 10th March, 1886.

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