Select Poetry.

Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 1, Issue 41, 7 October 1867, Page 245

Select Poetry.

, * “ GOING ALONE.” JjffiyiTH. curls in the sunny air tossing, 1 ’a»* ; With, light in.the merry blue eyes, /With laughterso/c/early outringing, .. - A feu|gi of delight ana surprise ; . _ . All friencllyassistance disdaining, - And trusting no strength but its own, The past fears and trials forgotten, . The baby is “ going alone l ” What woeful mishaps have preceded This day. of rejoicing aud pride! How qften the help that he needed Has carlessly gone from his. side i He haa' follen while reaching for sunbeams, Which just as he grasped them.have down, And the tears of vexation have followed. - But now he is “going alone I" And all through his life he will study This lesson again and again; He .will carlessly lean upon shadows, He will fall and weep over the pain. The hand whose fond clasp was the surest Will coldly withdraw firom his own. The sunniest eyes will be clouded, And he will bewalking alone I - , He will learn what a stern world we live in. And he may grow cold like the rest. And Just keep a warm sunny welcome For those who seem truest and best; Yet chastened and taught by past sorrow, And stronger and manlier grown, Not trusting his all in their keeping. He learns to walk bravely alone. And yet hot alone, for our Father The faltering footsteps will guide Through all the dark mazes of earth-life. And “ over the river’s ” deep tide. Oh! here is a Helper unfailing, A strength we can perfectly trust, When, all human aid unavailing, “ The dust shall return unto dust.**