“THE BRIGHT SIDE.”
There is many a rest in the mad of life, If we could only stop to take it ; And many a tune from the better land, If the querulous heart would wake it ! To the sunny soul that is full of hope, And whose beautiful trust ne’rr failefh, The grass is green and the (lowers are bright, Though tlie wintry wind prevaileth. Better to hope though the clouds hang low, And to keep the eyes still lifted ; For the sweet blue sky will soon peep through When the ominous clouds are rifted I There was never a night without a day, Or an evening without a morning, And the darkest hour, ns the proverb goes, Is the hour before the dawning. Better to weave the web of life A bright and golden filling, And to do God’s will with a ready heart, And hands that are swift and willing, Than to snap the delicate, slender threads Of our curious lives asunder, And then blame heaven for the tangled ends. And sit and grieve and wonder.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 453, 8 April 1909, Page 4
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178“THE BRIGHT SIDE.” Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 453, 8 April 1909, Page 4
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