SUNLIGHT AND SHADOW.
Sunlight and shadow play upon the hills, And chase each other on the restless waves, Seeming to follow but their own sweet wills, Yet to the powers above them faithful slaves,— Reflecting every changing cloud with ease, Stirred by a leaf, and dancing with the breeze. 0, blessed shadows ! who so kind as you ; So patient, humble, generous and good ? Obedieufc to the sum, and ever true, Your presence beautifies the roughest road, Lends to the sternest rock a tender grace, And shows a charm upon the roughest place. 0 blessed Lights that make the Shadows sweet. That make the world so exquisitely fair! Life is more full when light and shadows ;neet, Than in the midnight gloom or noonday glare; And human hearts have little tenderness Till grief and joy have met in fond caress. — Sunday Magazine. J. Jicscmcrcs.
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Hawke's Bay Times, Issue 1539, 6 January 1874, Page 69
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143SUNLIGHT AND SHADOW. Hawke's Bay Times, Issue 1539, 6 January 1874, Page 69
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