POETRY
THE FOOL'S PKATBR. Tie royal feast was d ne; the King S ught soma new tport to banish cue, And to his jester cnied,' Sir Fool, Kneel now, and make for us a prayer!' Tbe jester <* ■- ffed his cap and bells, And Btood the mocking court before; They could not see tbe bitter emile Behind the painted grin he wore. He bowed his head, and bent his knee Upon the monarch's silken stool; His pleading voice arose: ' O Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool! •.; ' No pity. Lord, could citnge the heart From red with wrong to white as wool; The rod mart heal the sin; but, Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool! ' lis not by guilt tbe onward ewefp - Of truthand right, OLoi4 wo stay; 'lis by our follies that to long "We bold the earth frcm bfaven sw&y.
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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 392, 12 November 1903, Page 2
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142POETRY Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 392, 12 November 1903, Page 2
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