RIPE WHEAT.
We bent to-day o'er a coffined form, ;: f - M And our tears fell softly down ; '■» We looked buir iMtjontbe aged .face, '^IIM With its look of peace, ?ts patient graoeaH And hair like a silver crowd." •'^ 'y?||M We fcorished ourbwn to thp clay- cold handiß From life's long- labor at rest ; t ' >3B And among the blossoms whije an_„we^g^H We noted a bunch of golden fr heat < '■'-'■ C^m_\ Clasped „Jose to thi. ebeftt breast. : y^^-M The blossoms whisper^ *f fadeless bloom jM Of a land where fall no tears -a '■ ; ;- ! |iH Theripewheat told of toil "apfr:Briaxe.y?^|H The patient waitfpg, the. tnistiog PUy^fM The.gttrQeredg9od.of the ytfltrs, ! .', j^M We knew not what worlps, W h^ridi } hai S found, '--'CiM What rugged places ter feet j /?S tWhat cross was Tiers; what bteakneis 6*3l 1 -nighti' ■■ ■ ■ ■••• ■ <z^m We saw but the peace, the blossoms wMte^ylj Aad the bunch of ripened wheat* Cm
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Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 17, 29 October 1874, Page 3
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151RIPE WHEAT. Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 17, 29 October 1874, Page 3
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