THE TRUE RICHES
I am sg ricli, I need uot the bright to.vs -Of wealth or i'ume. Who holds the spring of joys In his own land, drinks, and seelis not elsewhere, But- strives»to keep his soul more white and fair, And walking wonderingly gives thanhs ior these. 1 ask no other pleasure while ihe trces i'liat sfcand in stately wise about the plain, House birds whose song^ fall sweet like summer rain l need uo other palace who ea n lie Dcep i'n the dream-scented grass ti!) eartli and sky t'ade out in loveliness, past sound and - sight, And the soul, naked, basks in Uod's deligbt. Love crowns so gloriously Life's goldic da^s While 1 can walk with Hiin down common ways, And toucli His beauty in dear simple tliings ; YUiilo lost in living blue a skylark sings And crickets clamour, shrilly swcet. close by. I am so very. rich ; a kiug am .1 1 — A. J. Diprose.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 31, 30 October 1937, Page 12
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159THE TRUE RICHES Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 31, 30 October 1937, Page 12
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