POETRY

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 358, 19 March 1903, Page 2

POETRY

THE LEVELING. Men bu'ii through ages, raising high Their gilded ton ra and their spires; They store the rain from oat the sky. To give the plain what it requires; They harness np the roaring stream, And take the strength of fire and steam. Men change the mighty river's coarse, And rob the mountain of its treasure; To men the tide resigns its force, Men nee the lightning for their pleasure; Spurred by ambition and by greed, Men shape the eaith to suit their need. Men proudly crown themselves as kings, And one rules over many others; Men crowd and cru«h for worldly things,

Each striving to eclipse his brothers, And here a towerinp Morgan stands And here a Bothschild crooks his hands. Men rearrange God's work; they take From this and add to that and wonder How He in building same to make So many an awkward blip and blunder Men big with wealth, to pitj blind, Forget the ties that ought to bind. Men pnffed with pride assume to keep WithiHtreir charge all worldly power, When lo! their work is buried deep By God's hand in one dreadful hour I Fear skulks where Pride stood high before, And all the world is kin once more. —S E. Kisra