ORIGINAL POETRY.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume I, Issue 3, 31 January 1890, Page 3

ORIGINAL POETRY.

THE STREAM OF TIME. A rive runneth down the p aia, I stand upon its riia . To strew the foamy wive? with Sower 3 That seaward they may swim. On every ware I to hrow A: gi.r ani fresh and fa r, That to their mi/hty ocean homo It's treasure each may ear.

That rivor is the streim of time, Each wave a sjlidin,? hour, Al eavenwa d fl)wia/ lit none pass Without its crowning flower.

One pure and gentle deed of love, One clea>- and sinless th >ujht. One pride bow'd down to humbleness, One e p to misery

Then 'e to whom life's stream flows on Will crop thy blooming hours, And weave for thy immortal brows A crown of deathless flowors. Thy Heavenly garland sha' be m*de Of flowers thyse f hast strewn ; So et the waters of thy life hioom like fields of J me. If roses gi-ow not in thy path Throw sti > some humbler flower; Their fragrance shal refresh thy soul In dealh's most awful hour. . ; *» , ACROSTIC TO MARGARET. \f argaret, thy name is Pearl, so swift an i white, A nd Daisy, paeping for the morning light Rounl thy fiir row a cbaplet shal be wove •+ racefal, of Pearls and Diisie*, by thy love : And when thy happy smile, beneath that wreath Repays such words as faithful love can breathe E nt-eat your God, who gives you youth and love To give thy fairer t rows an Angel's crown above. '• Vlargurite" is both Pearl and Daisy.