SELECT POETRY.
NATURE'S TEACHINGS. _ “ Oh ! ye flowers blooming In your golden beds. Wild and unassuming. Lifting your fair heads ; Or your bright forms spreading In the meadows wide. And rich perfumes shedding Where glad streamlets glide; Though boasted not in story. Each of you outvies The regal pomp and glory Of Solomon the Wise. “ Oh ! ye billows rolling In your power and pride, Beyond man’s controlling Onward ye will glide. Underneath you slumber. In a dreamless sleep, High hearts without number. Hidden by the deep. Yet will cease your power, Mighty though it be; In God’s appointed hour There shall be no more sea. “ Oh ! ye bright stars gleaming From yon lofty sphere. In your splendor bleamiog On us mortals here, Deeming it your duty Darksome paths to light. Shining in your beauty, 4 Watchers of the night / They who are forgiven, They whose faith endures, Shall yet wear in heaven Brighter crowns than your*.’’
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New Zealander, Volume 9, Issue 780, 5 October 1853, Page 3
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155SELECT POETRY. New Zealander, Volume 9, Issue 780, 5 October 1853, Page 3
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