BIRTHDAY MUSINGS.
" Non scqcs cst infra, nonvinca culta."— TIBULLUS. W horoforc should wo grieve about evils of tomoi rew ? "Wherefore should we trouble with tho why ami with the how? , . x Wherefore from tho darkness of tho future tryto borrow Hues for the now? Think you th.it the star, whilo it shines in midnight sp ondour, ... Grieves because by morning all its beauty win Swectly°sngs the nightingale, though morning raav him render Mateless and lone. Bubbles on tin river, though they burst while they arc flo wine 1 , t Reflect and absoib ihe golaen sunshine while they lnst ; , . Mm is but a bubble, and the sunlight on him glowing Soon v ill be past ! O. E. Hugo.
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Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 207, 18 June 1887, Page 3
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117BIRTHDAY MUSINGS. Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 207, 18 June 1887, Page 3
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