The Mountain Shadow.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXI, Issue VIII, 22 August 1903, Page 562

The Mountain Shadow.

BY

OLIVE TILLY.

1 hey that dwelt in the shadow of the •mountain lose the Joy of life.” "O my beloved! Come. Behind the mountain Sinks Hie sun, The shadow lone Has fallen. Stretching afar O’er bush and plain, Be’oved I stand And call. My heart is sad. O come to me!’’ “I stand where the waves In majesty Rush in io Liss The land. The dying sunlight Hilda them. yet Has the s * duw From the mountain Lengthened to the saml. - ’ “Lower and lower Minks the sun; A grey light falls On laud and sea. Beloved, Beloved ■Come to me! I call! I call! O come to me! ”Com<‘ through the dying day, Come in strength and majesty, Come as the force of a mighty sea, And take my heart— Ah! take my soul! And hide me from my fear, O, my beloved! Come!” Beloved, Beloved, I rail! The daylight dies; Thou comest not. Ah’ irevernmre - So must 1 learn To hush my soul. “And yet at eventide ) rail, And bring my sorrow To the mighty sea. And watch the sunlight die, And the shadow’ mountain Lengthen on the land. I call, and call, And yet, Belov’d, Thou contest not To me!” “Belov’d the daylight dies; Night falls on land and sea, I cease to calL Beloved. I am weary, The shadow from the mountain ITas fallen on my souH”