THE FAILING STAR.

Kumara Times, Issue 1168, 26 June 1880, Page 3

THE FAILING STAR.

The eve was bright and clear, no cloiVd was seen , Throughout the azure firmament on high; Seemed in unusual brilliancy the moon, Though at the wane shone mild and ratuant, Throwing his shadows, light as summer's sun, O'er earth and sea, as if he was intent To show each thing of life who deemed it worth The power a"t times she could with ease possess.; And to disclose as well a lovely scene Being then enacted by the lesser orb 3 Placed in the centre canopy of Bncircled by those stars Well known to fame, Called Saturn, Mars, and Jupiter, Mercury, and Oranus, Shone forth, a. Venus, bright and beauteous, Sparkling, glittering, as the purest gem Was ever known to deck a monarch's diadem, Darting swift her keen magnetic rays !From right to left, as if she fain would crush •>• Those orbs and lesser satellites which pressed around. Still, on they press, heeding not her anger, The circle narrows, she is forced to yield : • Then, swift as flash of light, to earth she falls ', Bold Saturn follows, but all in vain : He cannot save : she's doomed, laid low in dust, Her light, for ever shades, i As Saturn mounts again his fixed sphere, Each, star hides back,, as if. hi. sorrow 5 A sickly hue o'ershad.es,th6 moon, as if she wept ;•■■■'■■ Low-dull seunds : ,are■, heard, the storm ..arises,-..,, .. ;,-: ■■ Black, giant clouds soon sweep the sky ; Th? mighty ocean's from her slumbers roused;" Sheet lightnings, flash j loud thunders. crash ; ; ; ''' .The earth upheaves } and, while all Nature's works As if in desperate battle rage, Throughout ethereal space is heard a long And dismal wail, as if another soul was Lost, swtept by fierce demoniac force, And cast into hell. Then, 10, a change, as if by magic power : ■■> The heavens smile sweetly as before ; The tempest heavesL a last soft sigh, Then nature rests, calm and serene AH silver lake unruffled by the breeze. ''! NospuA.