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. A LILTING “ ROAD.” A n.orn.ng road goes westerly by tranquil bills of Leicester A \vay; SeS gCani,ng White ad star « along the Milky BV Bl and -the Wilbiaha ™ a »d twenty pretty V ° U sunun cr 'day the lleartS flellgllt a long, long And ' twenty humble chapels are for grace along the roadHi'voikl*'ll 58 . 111 ! 08 i" ” fiel(l tllat bl «ss the passing air: \n ' n fb.° Wy doorways are candle-lights like roses, prnver. °" P '° m nilH and farm to citadels of siories. knV ° f Pr ° uder streets with'great. cathedral Where artists carve a field of flowers in silences of stoneIno majesty of arch and dome, the splendor ofthe musfc And echoes fall with eloquence to every thought and tone! The Wtor m’w r WiSh to sav if y ° n allow a whisper): Th he ait.., may be nearer to the fervent village floor- ' ’ mountains; mV " "' th "»•»' grace to «to And God can find an ample place behind a wooden door A,UI Pd Hke tG a<ld - ai,d share the I love the twenty altar-stones where I have said the Mass”.e earnest pathways on the fields are merry rays of glorv pass SeS ,U>Pe ° f ha ™* as the ringing seasons A'jd wl,cn 1 come to merry . death (dear Jesu, be our valor') a. kto '? VC> the blessings of the altars for a .day Leicesler; *** Mrookfie,ds to eastern “hill c f Befme I take the long, long road between the Milky Way. Father Dares, in Ave Maria.

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New Zealand Tablet, 30 December 1920, Page 33

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Page 33 Advertisement 2 New Zealand Tablet, 30 December 1920, Page 33

Page 33 Advertisement 2 New Zealand Tablet, 30 December 1920, Page 33