Poetry
- BIDE A WEE, AND DINNA FEET. Is the road very dreary ?—Patience yet! Best will be sweeter if thou art aweary, Aid after night cometh the morning cheery, And bide a wee, and dinna fret. The clouds have silver lining—Don’t forget; And though he’s hidden, still the sun is shining Courage ! Instead of tears and vain repining, Just bide a wee and dinna fret. ' With toil and cares unending—Art beset ? Bethink how storms'from heaven descending Snap the stiff oak, but spare the willow bending, And bide a wee, and dinna fret. Grief- sharper sting doth borrow—From regret; ■ ' " , But yesterday is gone, and shall its sorrow Unfit us for the present and the moiTow ? Nay; Mae a wee, and dinna fret. Air ever-anxious brooding—Doth beget A host of fears and fantasties deluding: Then, brother, lest these torments be intruding, Just bide a wee, and dinna fret. - —Selected.
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Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 4, 22 April 1893, Page 4
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147Poetry Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 4, 22 April 1893, Page 4
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