LIFE.
Like to a star, or to a fire. Which over brighter grown or higher, Doth shine forla llxed, or doth aspire ; Or to a glance, or to a sit? n, Or to a low ■wind, -whispering by, Which scarce lias risen ere it die ; Or to a bird, whoso rapid flight Kludes the d;ucd ob c cr\ or s sight, Or a stray shaft of glancing light That breaks upon tho gathorecl gloom Which vci s soino monumental tomb. Or some sweet spring flower's fleeting bloom. Mixed part of reason part bolief, Of pain and pleasu; c, joy and grief. As ehangefin as the spring, and brief. A wave, a shadow, a breath, a strife. With change on eh m'jc for ever rue — Thi3 is the thing we know as life. Lewis Morkis.
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Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 206, 11 June 1887, Page 3
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134LIFE. Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 206, 11 June 1887, Page 3
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