BETTER THAN GOLD.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 160, 9 July 1877, Page 4

BETTER THAN GOLD.

i Eettei?than graridilur, bettfer'th'C gold,; ' " ; T i Than r-ink and titles a thousand fold,- - Is a healthy body,;a niind at.easeY T :; And simple pleasures that always pieces ; _ A heart" that can teel for a nei^hbprfaVoe, And share his joiys.with aig'enial glow,- > With sympathies large enbugn td enfold All men as brothers, is better than gold. , Better than gold is a conscience clear,- - - - • | Thoughjtoiling for bread in a humbler, sphere, Doubly blest with Content arid health, i Untried by the lust of cares or wealth; Eowlyiliving and loftly thought Y , " j Adorn- and ! ennoble a poor man's' cot, :: ' j Eo'r man and mortals in nature's plan, I Are the genuine test of a gentleman; ! Better than gold is the sweet repose Of the sons of toil when their labors close; ' Better- than gold is the popr. niari's : sleep, V 1 | Arid the balm that drops on: his slumbers ; deep. '""""'..'" Brings, sleeping draughts tp the downy bed : Where .luxury pillows his aching head; jHis simpler opiate labor deems , u ! A shorter road to the land of dreams, Better than gold is a thinking mind^ jThat in the realms of bobk!i r can r fitjd . . >-„ :A treasure surpassing Australian ore , And livtf with the great arid good ! of voire, The sage's lord arid the poet's lay, The glories of empires. passed' aVay: '•""'" '■ The world's great drania will thus enfold And yield a pleasure better than gold. Better than gold is a peaceful home Where all the fireside charities come, The shrine of love, the heaven of life, . Hallowed by mother, or sister or wife.. „, ■ However humble the home may be, . :.. Or tried with sorrow by heaven's decree, The blessings that never were bought 'or dold, And centre there, are better that gold.