TO A GIRL IN WHITE

New Zealand Tablet, 16 October 1913, Page 61

TO A GIRL IN WHITE

There is nothing in all the world more fair Than you in your gown of white. You look like a flower that might have strayed From some distant land of light. , L With a smile on your face and your eyes aglow You seem like a sunbeam fair. And I know as I gaze on your charming face ’Tis your soul that is shining there. Though your face be fair, and your eyes aglow, O girl, in your simple gown, Do you stop to think of that other dress That is fairer than robe of down ? ’Tis the mantle of that which adorns your soul, And shields you from aught defiled— Oh! love it and keep it as white as snow As it was when you were a child. And e’en though the years will dim your eyes, And your face will have older grown, In your gown of white you shall still be young If you’ve guarded your altar throne. So then prize that mantle of spotless snow And treasure its beauty rare , For in all the world you will never find A dress so wondrous fair ?