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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 4, Issue 316, 29 July 1879, Page 3

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There must be something after all this woe;' A sweet fruition from the harrowed past; , Rest some day from this pacing to and fro; A tender sunbeam and dear flowers at lastThere will be something when these days are done, Something more fair by far than etarry A prospect limitless as one by one Embodied castles crown the airy heights. So cheer up hearty and for that morrow wait t Dream what you will, but press towards the dream; Let fancy guide dull effort through the gate, And face the current, would she cross the stream. Then when that something lies athwart the wayComing unsought as good things seem to doTwill prove beneath the flash of setting day, A nobler meed thanfnow would beckon you. . For lifted up by. constant, forward strife, Hope will attain so marvellous a height. There can be nothing found within this ■■■ life :•'■'■■ After this day to form a fitting night, So heaven alone shall ever satisfy, And God's own light be ever light enough To guide the purified, ennobled eye Towards the smooth,which lies beyond the rough. There will be something when these clouds skim by— A bountless yielding from the fruitful past; Sweet peace and rest upon the pathway lie, E'en though but death and flowers at the last.