POETRY

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 422, 19 May 1904, Page 2

POETRY

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qyasi Love knows the face true fealty doth wear, The pulse that beats ueocanged by alien fW- *», Or harts, or crimes, until the loved one

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vision. By subtle accrete of discovered law Men well have measured the horizon's round, Kept record of the speed of light and sound, Hav« close defined by reasoning without flaw The utmost human vision ever saw Unaided, apd have warrant sought and found Devices countless to extend its bound. Bootless their eecrstß all! My eyes bnt stray To eastward, and majestic, bright, arise Peaks of a range which three days distant lies! And of the faces, too, that light my day Most olear, one is a continent away, The other shines above the farthest skies! Helkn jAeasoN,