MAKING SHOES

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2266, 29 October 1889, Page 2

MAKING SHOES

(,T. B .Caller la youibi'GotnparJonV) Iq bis little hut by tbe rooky uhora, Where the waters ever with changing hneav, . : • . •, -. 1% -. -.-,, _ : ,. { Creep In and out with a drowsy' roar, Bits an old man fashioning bkbies- . ■■hoses ; . , Hiafaoa. la; wrinkled, v hla?halr Is white, His form is bent wit 1 his years' of canrBat always the old man's heart is light,. And he rings to himself ai he labors, there. ■ ■ Hf ' 'Pegging away* ' J All the !oog day, Stlohlng ever till sat of eon j,: a£ Tides ebb and flaw, Boars come aid go. Rest oomes after the work j» done I l ' Thcoagh the window, gHotonlng far away He wfttohea the white sails r oat at sea. Ab they slowly fade from the shining bay, Ohaaed oat by the Wet wind light aucL free ; . ..... „ . And a far-off lok In bla faded eyes ; Reveals thathla thoaghta are dcUWng: far • ■ ■ ,v With the gleaming sails where th&teigall flie'j ' • ■ ■ .. ' • „ S-y.' And he sings with his heart o'er^hftf hatbar bur ; , ,;;>V ' Pegging away, ? r, • < t ill tho long day, ;, ..,;- White sails drifting acrosi: the «a j; Tldeß ebb and flow, ; ,, f Daya come and go, . Voyage soon over for yoa and>iner r He tarns to his wrrk, and his roar^h old h»tida, . ■ - ■ As honest as hnman hands carj D 0 Draw oat the threads with t^eie 'lwlfited atraads, ; 'vSL ■ And »tltoh the crooked s- f aithf allj r For babies' feet most be ' iQ od with oars, And old age oareles t» je And shoes are better '^y fftj t towear When pegged ana ißtlkohedw uh a little song . ' '■'•"■"■ ■-. ■ ' « P :-^ • " ■: -.:.■ 7j;i| , Pegging away „,^ All the long d»y, . \>v s InfiP -.oy, ohildhood, yoath >nisge j Tides ebb and fl}.w r , .'•'.' V {X 1 Tears oome and go,; './.':'> Ufa Io only a written pagetl! > ,! An^ thus he toils while the dsya goiby, „ (Spring tarns to emnmer aloogthe ehote, The aammers fade and the rdies diet And snow drifts whlteo the headlands : o'er,' • ■■'■• -■■■'■' .->:; {.-.k-'whz And, day by day, as the ieaaoniirODi He sings 'and toils m a thoojthtfaltqse, Bis thread near wasted, work almott^dous . An old man fashioning bableß'shcis : • Pegging away All the long day, Shine and shadow, and spring and fall ; Tides ebb and fLow t . Men oome and go : .; God the father Is 6v*i; alii 1