Select Poetry.

Clutha Leader, Volume II, Issue 86, 2 March 1876, Page 3

Select Poetry.

j G_t__BPt__^_^l^(sj^^„ -~\; Itf-iw&l-tBSfW t That whWdis jaaeSwjf-Bgt I %p. Q iV: ! Has made a law alike to ? a' I To creep afore tliey £«_{£* '' . | Then never let the heid hing doon, hi f'f-y t :,- --"" / j For bit by bit well yet coma round'— | f.We!llc.re9ft-afQre..^-;-;fl^_.g.t.,,; „; .< . „'," i . - -j- : ... .i . ..' In life's fauch. to endure — ■',;:■> |Sb me's _ioh-a_!dsic_:/somfe's ; pnira_td hail V ''■ „• '/ A n i som . e .;haith-sichan'p.or, "' /S .f:;l Yet mohy rise fo eminence, ' •yy "Wha sat in sorrow lang*. • iAn saemay we, gm' we have sense . ;;■!}! To creep^afoNi we gang; -'.„."'' " ,r. j FROM YbTpHTO AGE. ""' ' The more'we Uvo More brief appear I i Our hfe's , succeeding; atage?i .. j i A day to childhood seems a year, j And years like " • [ The gladsome current ef .our. youth, - j Ere passion yet disorders, ■';-*' j' Steals lingering like a«river stoooth ; .Along its gras^^rdeors.,, ---• r . ;; But as the careworn cheek grows wan, ;• - ; And sorrows' shafte : fly^t__ck.r f !Ye stars that assure life to man .. ' ,; j- tVhy s.em~yb_.\3.ur_OT qufc'k.r?4 '-' (When joys have Wsfc%e_: bloom and breath, And life itself is~vapid; J^' } "Why as W_-ach%iWfah.-of death Feel we its tideanore rapid 1 , lit may be strange, yet who could change Time's course to slower speeding, When one_by one our friends have gone And left .our bosoms, bleeding. „. , , ; Heaven gives our years of fading Btrength {' ' Indemnifying fle-thes-i "' :1 v - ! And those of youth a-seeminglength .Proportioned; to their- s,wfletnoßs.,-.,. - -,- : Sing child 1 with wond'ringeyes M TTudimm_d-wfth--l<Su#^ . \ .' Sing, child 1 f py your bright skies ? r. , , May all b-*dimme^ TO-niorrow. " ' '\;". :> ; Sing lass 1 w_ten'flowerkbl6b_aV : For years will blast thy beauty J • Sing lass !;erawomass doom. r . •.; ; , O'ershadows all thy duty. .; 1 Sing ted KwhUßij ros t^lo(pL i . - ,-.-* -''Av^li^j^l^^^^^iM^^'y-'' > Sing'ladVere%ou'__ayst_-{ow „, The want of love and treasure. ' Sing wife l ; «with'cares^uutolot^ - : - ' -'- Songs make .the burden lighter ; Sing wife! thbUjj#rge%_ng'oia, ; , make;thy v s«nßet bjright^r„ • ■ • Stng man! when, death draws near— Death B6_i.8 i! biit% : deliv.r; "' ' i . . Sing man,] • <whi]sfc thpurarti.here, And thou shalfc sing for ever. Sing all ! bondman and free, Whole-hearted and 'heart-riven ; -Sing all! Godte melody ;t . _ . v . . . > And' make.iliis eart^, a jheaye^i. . -*- ,' • : __D^_}RTISE_I^NT; :'....- ' 1 Wanted a hand to hold mine- own, As'd.V?n ffltfa path faglide '; - 5 Wanted an arm to lean upon— For ever by.my.side... .<• Wanted a firm and steady foot, With steps seWre and free, "" To take its straight and narrow path -O'er. life's rough path' with rae. '.{•"'■ ■ . Wanted a form— erect, and high, __'h-^aboyibini_4;6^_f~' '• - • So made 'that 'l"__ig_rt i'walk beiieatlt"' .' Its_hadow_;o'e^Jme:thJ_ : wn».• ! ' , '" Wanted a lip whose brightest smile •:• 'Would beamcf-.rmeiddne:):- ;;; tA voice whose richest melody .Woul4-,hre^the affections jbonp. Wanted an eye, within whose depths, Mine own might jook and sea tTprisings.f rom a. guileiess .heart, O'e^-own with love' for me,' "'"' Wanted a pure religious soul; -; To pious purpose given, Withiwlbseimin.fbwnimight pass along The road that leads to heaven.! '••

SOARING trpwARDS TO T__B LJtGfHT,

: Hark I the skylark gaily sings, VTaking in the morning i -bngJ_tj . With the dewupoti his-wipgsi ,-.--.-. .. . v -] ; "- "Soaring upwards tb' the' light— "' i- ' Upwards to tlie glorious sun — ■ ,'\ • : %pwatd's'-tl_fo_gbtho^i__difikyi--- 1 .?-.:!• _. ' Singuig with triumphant tone ;#%• -'- ; A* she winsg his way on high. .,.,.; , ./. , f . ' Bail, sweet lark 1 each morning winging - l; , . Through the.air^_hy^qyous,__gdi. ;. ; - i '^.--iji-^ "^ tfie- bris^^ a** *' : Soaring upwards to the light. : •*• ; „r;'_L'.'jj/ji._J v.iri .„.'ij.s_?i ,'i "^;" ■•• There's a flower below tho earth," .r ir ßloireoi]^|in,pallidfwlntgj» >■<*.■■ : lii "the m_ie v ib'-_idi& i rarth, w '" J " i And it never saw the light. , ; : ," I Still, its face is upwar^-wned » . i Prom the dull earth wher. fcgceyt ' % • j Jusfya- iCt-Tetflo^rjlilKll^aedl „H<) ' • : ; ; f i' ■ . To seek the light it never knew. . ! Birds and flowers, and all thing, pure, . -J , -'•"•' All things lovely, all things bright. ! _?au_-.t'T>^-_--«_-t^s«_^a^6atriJ ~ } ,Y. , '=T '" '; . Stniggling ugwar^ jo 0 &p t l|^ht. "' ; There's an instinct few deny j; j :| t T^ugknotnangai^eJongttolflyly.v'r, ,.--,, V ,; In oar .hildhood, in oiir youth, : *—" 1 j And When.yo_:th;Jia_!___M-. flight; . .1 ', : : ; ; Still our souls are seeking troth--., , c :r: i „- ' -i Soaring.. upwards t_ r tb.i4Jfelit.-_: -- *~ ' .? _X.ugK'th_*way'T}e^ • ft j WewUltakeno'do^nwlir^flfijtttj * :■< ! But a loud" Excelsior »^cry— ; v Soaring upwards tolhe light. •'*• { - ■;, _)TSoON_^_^__l_NT. >;;;.;^■_.'"'■- 'The season is autumn,, thejkingoftheyear, -Iff ripens ©Ur^gi-iti.,^ -fjet our poets against it;mo_% savagely rail, "■:- S'btvit-i f-howed^^!ip^^a_o6wj and with K g J. hail. ,-■ ■-'-„ : ':y^yy : \ -''•.,•--.".-.'.-- ,; "' : -'- ■'.-"• ■When winter co'mM\6liwith^itl'Mydty tij_ie_i * ;Th_y will praise c6mingllpr_dj? in all manner of) jy ; . j -;*b3FiMßr~^4^ ,And jyet when it conges discontentment weHl fini-fr-■flVfi either too wet, or top;dry; or e M _3t wind.;; : &w_f% y •■ I_t summer, -- with* pleasures '.-' that Bweeton -arefe £^_rt_^ v „-^^_^P_illl_ißi But the .banger: of season| and >nUr flffiwflffi^ga! Is wis6r,by^r than üß.Miput^g^»r>S^|l^M ; I<et us take with wntontment'what'erfffH^^KW:' j; oAnd our pleasure is greatior!!hy;'fwji_rthfceiia|i^|l ,i.i'r; ■• " >•.'■• ' y-f'y\y\'f:^ : &sm:ssi!ii