A POEM WORTH WHILE.
WHAT I LIVE FOR. I live for those who love me, Whose hearts are kind and true; For the.heaven that smiles above me And await my spirit too; For albbuman ties that-bind me, For the task by God assigned me, For the bright hopes left behind me, And the good that I can do. I live to learn their story Who’ve suffered for my sake; To emulate their glory, And follow in their wake; Bards, (patriots, martyrs, .sages, The noble of all ages, Whose deeds crown history’s pages, And time’s great volume make. I live-to hold communion With alb tha t is divine; To feel there is a union ’Twixt nature’s heart and.mine; To profit by affliction, Reap truths from fields of fiction, Grow wiser from conviction, And fulfil each grand design. I live for those who love me, For-those who know me true; For the heaven that smiles above me And awaits my spirit too; For the cause that lacks assistance, For the-wrong that needs resistance, For the future in the distance, And the good that I can do. —G. L. BANKS.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2609, 21 July 1923, Page 4
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187A POEM WORTH WHILE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2609, 21 July 1923, Page 4
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