SELECTED POETRY

Mataura Ensign, Volume 6, Issue 309, 30 November 1883, Page 5

SELECTED POETRY

Millionaire efld ! Bafefo6i Boy. 'Tin eve'nfpjk sW'the F Vo'uiia i 'red'' etif sinks w -Bib%jtfthW4t, 5 r : (^ ' ■■ -v; i: ' The ttbwers"fold> their petals titr," the fly Wfh'e l ne'sE; !; : - ! ;; ' ;" •'"■ '; : ■'■ '-- : -■•: The cri&etg 'ctfrrup «•' me" gr&tf, the bafti Andfinte^tiftklfe .up the'ilane 'the lb^W iia^o; ( '' ; , * >■ ■' ' . '••'■■ -.-■■•' And;thfeiich ; ;mati from, his : cfeiirfiage locks' diit pn 1 tliieifi sis they"' coined "; ; ,' ;:! On thebiito 6ii the'Barfefbbt'Boy'that d«ives r-^. W^H^! h ?'#e- ' ; >. '. .. ' ' .' ' T ". . " " ' "iTfrinhy Ihe.bojrisays.te Himself—"!; w^. : that il were he^ -> ■*; . • -;';..• An«iy et, upon maturetf.thought,, I -. do not-rr nosirree I ' ::. ...L ... ■. . -.-.. ii Kotkfdr alL;the]Rold.hisicoffeiß hold would I -bethat,ilufEeE.there ) v, i. . .. ... . v ■\Vithiajlivet..paaiand; agouty.toe and scarce a tingle hairji v^su „••■.-..■.• . .;.-.: : ; To haVe a wlfe^with a Boman nose, and fear. cJkst» > .pani©,coine-rT,/ ;..; < s < .• ..... i. / Far better to be the Barefoot Boj that d.'iyes, - tke cattle Home.!' -•••:, .. ■ .. '.- And ■ i\)t 'itpK 1 mail' 'intiViiiiii^ ' to : ' hiibSelf : V'>fwligiVeaU; ; mfpe)f ' • . ' To ch l^fl)re my^pV^ltli yoiider feoy ?%f rf _ J*& f thegrasa x sss J fdli;of>Jitß- arid'-chill 1 -.•wltJadew to "go,'/ ..' ' |; ■ ' '''.'.■ - ' *";■' With a si#ne bliaise'stwia either" he! and ia "spli^ritfmy^o^.t,'' '„ . '.'. | Oh, ]i% rather ft 1 .niy yajiht >''^eaf' acrb.'-s f r ;,ihe oqcj i's 'foam - ; . w - ; - ; ■■>■••;•■;'■-'/• IThm .be" oiie ,dajj, tW^atettbt' Spy that % "drlyekitKe cattle nome^' — '.Harpers Magaz^De. •-... Mjrsteiy of Nature CThe followTng :!^iri;\V Jte^ Tiljbonf/ has herer'. been^piibi'^hed' itf' 'atiy'df 1 . ite; |heworkßotGed.an&fair for naught .-.. ■ ilJnleßß our- eyes dn>Beein'g| .„.., ■.'■.■ •.. ■ |«f«f,biddeaiu:thething.the thought ;,: its beings; .- , pe-botv?iiM l6rm;is I H : ot''the'wh6le' f 1 " .'• -| 1 ' : ■'! To una&e' forth abitftf aid soal - Thatdiirily'is'linfolded. . *"'■ The dew falls nightly not alone „ , Because the . j^eado^need it, But on an errand of its.o^rn, Tft humft.n soulßjthat heed it. Tbe-Bta!j are" lighted in the sfciw, : Eotiaerely : forihe6hiniu:g f ; •like the luolcs of 'loviD? eyes/ woithdiviDing;waves' .^hat'in^ui^' along' " the ihore,' |,o!win3a^tbat!sign in Wowing, Be»itp'.^eacli^' t^L^t,{c:i6^«,. . ■ . -,; hjich men, are, wise ia, ' knowing, oloudsarouiid'the mountain peaks, • ie ; rivers in ; their 'winding, ::'...- --fe seoretg^whichj' to all who'seek; v> Arc eeereh Worth the 'findimg, Tfiins.^naiviiie dwells.', with ,o»r reach, And,' though vre sfarid »o near her, We still interpret half her speech, .jfitfi««w.tp.6.dull"to hear her. Whc#rtf jtettin to fltie-aright, Seciiase.hu heart is tender. .. fiJf^H. <&tcb, a glimpse of hearenly light , la erery.. eartkly.Bplendor, 'Whsivtii * v Wats' '.the cbarsest' sounds— "'GiVJ liitermg MftH finest — Shall. hea^'- the ti^y'^world go round .' To music the ditinest. 80, since the universe Vegan, ' And till it shall- be ended, The soul 1 of nature' and soul of man, And the wral ofi^ftodare blended. —[''Atlanta Constitution.* •