THE LATE MR. T. E. TAYLOR.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1198, 5 August 1911, Page 13

THE LATE MR. T. E. TAYLOR.

Sir,—The late member for Christchurch North was a man who always faced trouble bravely, and it seems to me that the enclosed lines, though not cf much literary merit, express his attitude welL I do not know the author: Facing Trouble. Did you tackle that trouble that came your way With a resolute heart and cheerful ? Or hide your face from the light of day With a craven soul and fearful? Oh, a trouble's a ton—or a trouble's an ounce! A trouble is what you make it; And it isn't tho fact that you're hurt that counts, But only—"How did you take it ?" And though you bo done to the death— ! what then? If you battled the best you could; If you played your part in the lvorld of men, The critic will call it good! Death comes wi f "i a crawl, or comes with a pounce, But whether he's slow or spry, It isn't tho fact that you're dead that counts, But only—"How did you die?" I am, etc., G.M.T. Wellington, July 31, 1911.