LOOK UP, NOT DOWN.
Life to some is full of sorrowHalf is real, half they borrow ; Full of rocks and full of ledgeß, Comers sharp and cutMng edgeßv Though the ioy-belis may be ringing) Not a son^ you'll heiir them singing ; Seeing never makes them wise, Looking out from downcast eyes. All in vain the sun is shining, Waters sparkling, blossom* twining ', They but nee through these same sorrows Sad to-days and worse to-morrows ; See the cloitda that must pass over ; See the weeds among the clover — , Everything and anything: But the gold and sunbeams bl'ing. Prinking from the bitter fountain, Lr> I your mole-hill seems a mountain. | I>rop«* of dew and drops of rain Swell into the tnighty main* AH in vain the blessings shower, And the mercies fall with power. Gathering chaff, and gatheiinu: Wheat, Rich and royal 'noaih your feet Let it not be so, my neighbour \ Look up an you love and hhotm Not for" Ohe alottc woe*s v'i.ils ; Every one has careq and f rsals. Joy and pain are linked together, Like the fair and cloudy we atliefi May we have, oh, let Us pray, Faith and patience for to day.
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Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 141, 13 February 1886, Page 7
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196LOOK UP, NOT DOWN. Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 141, 13 February 1886, Page 7
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