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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21242, 12 October 1940, Page 14 (Supplement)

YOU THAT PASS BY He never knows w’hat he has missed— The tense, unhappy motorist; Not h$ the wayside privilege, The tremulous secrets of the hedge; The bright, unresting birds; the row Of little starry flowers below; The tapestry the spider weaves; The million hues of million leaves. The primrose by the river’s brim Not even a primrose is to him; An all the pageantry of green Becomes a flicker of the Screen. The whisper of the brook appeals In vain against the roar of wheels; And, though the lark be ne'er so high, He hears no song from any 6ky. Is Life, I wonder, worth the while At sixty seconds to the mile?

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