PROGERESS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 290, 5 December 1872, Page 4

PROGERESS.

Steadily; steadily, etep by step, ''Up the venturous builders go ; , Carefully placing stone upon stone, 7 THusthe loftiest/temples grow. Patiently, patiently, day by day, The artist toils at his taisk alway ; Touching it here and tinging it there, Giving it ever, with infinite care, A line more soft, or a hue more fair ; Till; littles by little, the picture grows, And at last, the dull cold canvas glows With life" and beauty and forms of grace That evermore in the world have place. Thus with the poet— hour after hour . He listens to catch the fairy chimes That ring in bis soul ; : then with magic power He weaves the melody into his, rhymes. , Slowly, carefully, ****ord by word, Line by line, and thought by thought, He fashions the golden-tissue of Song, And thus are immortal anthems wrought. Every wise observer knows, Every watchful gazer sees, Nothing grand or beautiful grows, Save by gradual slow degrees. They who toil with a purpose high, And fondly the proud result 'await, •Murmur not, as the hours go by, That the season is long, the harvest late. Remember that brotherhood, strong and true, Builders and. artists, and bards sublime, Worked and waited a wearisome. time. Dark and cheerless and long their night, They patiently toiled at their task begun ; Till 16 ! through clouds broke morning light Which shines on the soul when success is won.