LIFE’S DAILY ROUND.
THE HOUR OF EVENING. It is the hour when from the boughs Hie nightingale’s high note is heard; It is the hour when lovers’ vows Seem sweet in every whisper’d word; And gentle winds, and waters near, Make music to the lonely ear Each flower the dews have lightly wet, And in the sky the stars are met, And on the wave is deeper blue, And on the leaf a browner hue, And in the heaven that clear obscure, So softly dark, and darkly pure, Which follows the decline of day, As twilight melts beneath the moon away. —Bryon. I ■X- -X- -X- -XThe great use of heroes consists in their power to lift men’s souls out of the mire, to help faith live, and to keep enthusiasms warm. —Robert Blatchford. LOVE AND JEALOUSY. Love is the forgetfulness of self. Jealousy is the most ■ passionate form of egotism, which can neither forget nor subordinate itself. The contrast I is perfect. —Amiel.
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Hokitika Guardian, 6 May 1930, Page 1
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164LIFE’S DAILY ROUND. Hokitika Guardian, 6 May 1930, Page 1
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