BOOKS AND AUTHORS.
> VERSES OLD AND NEW. :; ' "' ANT STONE,. .' '- , _.'A myriad years God toiled fo mould i A nerveless stono to His intent— -From peaco to war,, from heat to cold . It triumphed against tho Omnipotent; God strove,until His strength grew old, '•'■' Then cried, "Thy help, My firmament '." . .The stars, in succour gave their light, The aiding moon her -ocean-sway; At dawn and dusk the hosts of night ,' :. Watched round the battle-fires .of . .'■ . day. , . ■ ■ .- . •To set the dust He loved aright - •• God called His winds to that array, \:'And all the'burden of the'world, . ■i- And';all,tho tears from;nil men's eyes, ■ ■ Drought, dew, and every flower unfurled, . ■ The priest, the the. sacrifice, The. pillared cloud, His thunder hurled— Victor,. Ho held as nought, tho price! :Thus loved, thus wrought, God. deemed ■■;' tho stone .-■■■.. . . .'Fit bed for beasts to. lie upon.;. . . .■■■■■■ .■■■•' ■; *. ■>■ ■♦- ;* ■'. ■ }_,D God of.Gods, make short my days ; ■\ : Of blind approach to ■'■ her and Thee. . 'Jiifelong upon -Thy .'rugged ways ~ '. ■ VHer heart has danced; she calls to me. East Thou forgotten ino nloue ■ '.. O , Watcher whore tho wild beast lies?— .Jlo'uld to Thy will this other stone '; ' stone, yet prtcious in her eyes. ■ : . : • .\. —Francis' Meynoil. '
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 984, 26 November 1910, Page 13
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192BOOKS AND AUTHORS. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 984, 26 November 1910, Page 13
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