WELTSCHMERZ.
Wh»i if you «re a shadow, And I but the slave of Axit • I linger here far the -twilight, And play what seems my part; And -neither time nor distance Can wrench you from my heart. Only some idle tracings, Only a snatch of rhyme, Only «, passing vision, And yet it is all sublime-— Calling i»a back to heaven And the glory not of time. Shadows rise and falter — The world brags its idle show,—* But you axe God's one «ngel That lingers here below; And I know you in the present, As I knew you long ago. Only a fleeting picture, But the gilt falls from the frame; For the artist's livid colours H«ve faded as did his fame. But your /yes— oh, how they spsxkfe Above » craftsman's shame! This is the truth and mystery r 'Tis so rare t and jet 'tis rife? This is the simple fciory — As simple as love or strife. This is the vision golden, That looms o'er the trials of lifflv Ever in light or in shadow, -■• Ever in love or in harte, Thus w« move on for ever—'Ever to ihe earth's last, gate; Bui? k>v«ra^fchat live in the stmahinw God welcome? them all in state. — L. tow Kmtuba&k.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2895, 8 September 1909, Page 68
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207WELTSCHMERZ. Otago Witness, Issue 2895, 8 September 1909, Page 68
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