Contentment

Horowhenua Chronicle, 11 December 1915, Page 3

Contentment

(Written for The Chronicle). Work, when needs are, with hearty will; i'Jay when time Bints, and reckon still Too much of either laults the bill: Do each the best he can. Lite is a twist of stress ami sloth Each day, lor those who Know that both Iji proper sequence maike best growth Of true content ior men, A'special 'JgMg^ l6o needs demand 1& due from every working .band; But lolk, who never "slack"" lose '"sand,"

And finish far from trieky. "The Man Who Rang the Dubbo Shedi" l'ut in the next six ,\voeJ£B in bed— Through working past Ms strength, some said, Though others blamed the whisky. let, -u'iu or lose, we .all must strive To gather honey for the hive; "J'is pleasure, sure, to be alive Minus the miser's gold. A truce to fears and tutile cries; Who smiles when ulouds are grey is . - wise: For Joy moves slow , , though Sonw Hies, And Hope should no'er grow old. Levin. 27th Nov.. 1915. G.'P.B.