THE TWO GLASSES.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1039, 17 March 1882, Page 4

THE TWO GLASSES.

There sat two glasses Idled to the brim, ■ On a rich man’s table, rim to rim ; One was ruddy and red as blood. And one was clear as Iho crystal flood. Saiii the glass of wine to the paler brother, “ Let -us l.di tiie talcs of the past to each other- ; 1 can tell of a banquet of revel and mirth, And the proudest mid grandest souls on earth Fell .under my touch as though, struck by blight. Where 1 was king, for I ruled in might. From the heads of kings I have torn the crown, From the height of fame I have hurled men down. 1 have taken virtue and given shame ; I- have tempted the youth with a sip, a taste, That has made his future a barren waste. Far greater than a king am I, Dr rather .than an army beneath the sky, I have mnd« the arm of the driver fail, And sent the train from the iron rail ; . I hj un made good ships go down at sea And the shrieks of the lost were sweet to me ; For they said, ‘Beheld how great you he ! Fame, strength, wealth, genius, before you fall. And your might and power arc over all.’ ][o ! Ho ! pale brother,” laughed the wine. • ‘ Can yon boast of deeds as great as mine 5” Said the water glass, “ [ cannot boast Of a king dethroned or a murdered host; But I can toll of a heart once sad, Vy mv crystal drops made light and glad ; 1 -Of (thirsts I’ve quenched and brows I’ve "slaved -Of liands'l’ve pooled and souls I’ve saved ; 1 have leaped through the valleys, dashed down the mountain, Flowed in the river and danced in the fountain. And everywhere gladdened - the landscape and eye, f have eased the’hot forehead of -fever and' pain ; .! have made the parched imeadows grow fertile--with grain, f can tell of the powerful wheel of the mill, Tout .ground cut,the.flour and turned at my will. I can veil of the manhood debased by you, 'That,l have lifted and crowned anew, f cheer, L help, I-strengthen and aid : I chidden tile heart of man and maid ; I set the chained-wine captive free \ n i all are hotter for knowing mo.” T .cse are the tales they told each other, v ’ie glasa-of wine and its paler brother, A-, they sat together.tilled to the brim, On the rich man’s table rim to mu.

A Mr .fo un Bb«selman writes to a i'll'- hem contemporary as follows:- I saw in' ;a cent issue of your .paper that a gardener rn Miinawatn wished to know a simple curs I■■ blight itt roses. If a small hlne-gnm V inch be placed on the rosebush, the blight, wih soon be gone. I have tried this means myself, and found it successful. Blue gum b'-itiches have the same effect on geraniums .th.ig.are blighted.