Ladies

Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 15, 8 July 1893, Page 10

Ladies

EARTH’S SWEETEST SONG-. What is earth’s sweetest music ? One answered : The tramp of feet Of an army marching to battle, the roll of the drums they beat, ■ The thunder of marching squadrons, the roar of the mounted guns ; This is earth’s sweetest music she keeps for her favoured ones. What is earth’s sweetest music ? Came answer : The moaning bar As we enter the haibour at sunset, the home where our loved ones are ; The foam dashing up to the bowsprit, the winds in the yards that sweep. The rattle and rush of the anchor chain as it leaps to its home in the deep. - What is earth’s sweetest music ? Came answer : The clink of steel, , . The ring of the racing-stirrup when struck by the rowelled heel; The clatter of hoofs on the green sward, the crashing of broken spars ; This is the sweetest music that ever rang under the stars. What is earth’s sweetest music? Said one: ’Tis the lover’s song Heard for a moment at even and cherished a whole life long; It is the lover’s whisper that is spoken for joy or tears Law in the love-lit gloaming, and loud in the after years. 2 6fC What is earth’s sweetest music ? One answered : At close of day The call of the heath-clad ranges, the song of the mountains grey; This is earth’s sweetest music, the chant that the great Bush sings To the chords that the night wind touches on the golden sheoak strings. What 1.9 earth’s sweetest music ? A song that is still unsung, And yet has wandered to heaven since ever the world was young ; This is earth’s sweetest music : the echo of each life’s part, With, the answering notes of beauty that tremble in each one’s heart. —“ Geenbowan” in the Australasian.