AS THE SUN WENT DOWN.
The sun was setting, thi day wa» dyin^. And pefcCH «n<i calm wrfiall aronni : 1 could see »h°churrii from my open window And hear the distant organ's sound. lhus it was. as day was dying I strove to conquer a darlintr sin. And s ill. as tin strueglu wanton within me The tones or the music came chimlag in, Thpy rose and fell hs the day was dyinsr. And the sun ia q Idea i<ht wem down, And cv r and ay a to my paarer f mcy Tney Beemed to murmur ''No croae, no crown." The rays of lieht in the distant heaven «r,emed onto mo like a crown of Rolf?. Bur o\ er it a 1 a cloud o( darkness fclowly, Bofily. steadily rolled. The etrains came faintpr, and fell to silence Icl-srd my evpaand bowel my heal, A r d ere I raised i r my cro^q -was taken — The strife was over.the day was de *d ! IXDA.
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Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 157, 19 June 1886, Page 1
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166AS THE SUN WENT DOWN. Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 157, 19 June 1886, Page 1
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