THE INNERMOST ROOM.
Tli° singe sang 1 the world a soner, And porm in every tender heart Its melody, .sweet and strong, Became a dear and 1 ißlin» part. B-it no one know and no ono eared. Tint from snpicmest iirief and wrong < J.i bivakina In-art had learned the notes That trembled into gloiious song. A woman who from eveiy cud ll.io drank life's glad and bitter streams Pat down and wrote a wondrous tale, As swee.l and blight as fairy dreams. But no one knew and no one cared From what tumultuous sea of thought The soul in lonply voyages Its parable of life had brought. The teacher with a burning heart, With tongue as swift and hot as fl.ime, Led with a wise and tender heart The world into its highest aim. But no one asked and no one knew Through what fierce conflict day by day, He. won ihe victoiy which cleared For weaker hearts the higher way. Fo !- ench foul Ins one inner room Where ah.ne it seeks the giace To struggle with its sharpest woe, It* hardest destiny to face. To lift the duty when it fears, To love, to trust, through every doom, - And not the. nearest, dearest hetut Goes with it to that inner room.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 356, 3 April 1889, Page 8
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212THE INNERMOST ROOM. Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 356, 3 April 1889, Page 8
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