The baw of Kindness

New Zealand Illustrated Magazine, Volume V, Issue 2, 1 November 1901, Page 94

The baw of Kindness

When the law of kindness Rules the hearts of men, When man casts his blindness Then, and only then, Will the true light, shining, Glorify his face ; Wine, of Joy's refining, Each wide bowl will fill.

Cruel men may flourish, Cruel deeds be done, Wrath, our hearts may nourish, After, sets the sun. Sport the heart can harden Till men pity not ; Till, the carth — a garden — Is a blood-stained spot.

Little children languish, Lack a mother's care, And their voiceless anguish Moves like dumb despair. Some there are, who, caring, Heed the misery-clad, And, the world's woe sharing, Would make earth less sad. Happiness on earth, happiness in heaven, From the law of kindness, never can be riven. Louisa Blake.