DIFFERENT POINTS. OF. VIEW

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 40, 3 October 1907, Page 37

DIFFERENT POINTS. OF. VIEW

A man in his carriage was riding along, A gaily-dressed wife by his side ; In satin and laces she looked like a queen, . And he like a king in his pride. i A wood-sawyer stood in the street as they passed ; The carriage and couple he eyed, _ And said, as he worked with a saw on a log : ' I wish I was rich and could ride.' ""- The .man in the carriage remarked to his wife : * One thing would I give if I could— I'd give all my wealth for the strength and the health Of the strong man who's sawing the wood.' A pretty young maid with a bundle of work, Whose face, as the morning was fair, Went tripping along with a smile of delight, While humming a love-breathing air. She looked on the carriage, the lady she saw, • Arrayed in apparel so fine, And said in a whisper : ' I wish from my heart Those satins and laces were mine. 1 The lady looked out on the maid with her work, So fair in her calico dress, And said : ' I'd give up my position and wealth Her beauty and health to possess.' , Thus it is in the world ; whatever our lot, Our minds and our time we employ In longing and sighing for what we have not; Ungrateful for what we enjoy. — « Irish Catholic'