ORIGINAL POETRY.
THE EVENING- STAR
" Oh fatherj dear father," a young child cried,
" You say that all beauty is doomed to de-
cline ; The flow'ret I prized has withered and died,
When will the evening star cease to shine ? I have watched its bright light on many a night, But its brilliance to me seems ne'er to de-
cline ;
Oh why, if the flowret has passed from my sight, Why don't the evening star cease to shine ?'>
" My child," said tho father, " the gems of this earth They bloom for a time, then wither and die, But the stars they shine tho same at our birth
As they do at our deatk, though years pass by; And a beautiful truth to man is told By the constant light of the evening star, For it seems to say both to young and old • There's a world much brighter than jours by far.' " James Simmonds, Comedian, Author of " Let us Speak of a Man as we find him" and other ballads. Auckland, August 1, 1870.
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Auckland Star, Volume I, Issue 178, 4 August 1870, Page 2
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