FRIENDLY COUNSEL
THEY ONLY SLEEP. Why must the flowers die? Prisoned they lie In the cold tomb, heedless of tears or rain. 0 doubting heart! They only sleep below The soft white ermine snow, While winter winds shall blow, To breathe and smile upon you soon ' again. The sun has hid its rays These many days; Will dreary hours never leave the earth ? O' doubting heart! The stormy clouds on high Veil the same sunny sky, That soon (for spring is nigh) Shall wake the summer in golden mirth. A. A. PROCTER. • * * * Wish for the highest good and pray for it, and it shall be thine, ye know not how, —no matter I # * * fl Too often he who is impatient to become his own master when the outward checks are removed, merely becomes his own slave.
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Hokitika Guardian, 8 October 1929, Page 1
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136FRIENDLY COUNSEL Hokitika Guardian, 8 October 1929, Page 1
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