REST AFTER LABOUR.
Culm is sweet, hut 'tis the tempest Stirs the soul's suhlimest powers, And our noUler, grander living Springs from out the darkest hours.
The raging deep of hoary ocean Rouses all that is divine ; And amid its wild commotion Thought is thrilled to height sublime.
'Tis sometimes sweet to d ream, b ut dreamin g Never won the hero's* crown ; Laurels bloom m>t o'er the seeming, And wuiting never won renown.
Earnest labour — strong endeavour, Battles fought, and duty done, Bring the golden crown aud laurel, And the rest, so nobly wuu.
'Tisnot the noontide hush which calls The labourer to slumber blest ; The bright meridian sun should fall O'ci work beguu, not idle lest.
'Tis the rest which crowrs the labour That is sweetest to the soul ; 'Tis the golden calm of even That siurounds the highest goal,
And the brighter gleam the heavens For the tempest and the cloud ; And 'tis sweet to wait at even For the silence and the shroud.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 358, 10 April 1889, Page 8
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167REST AFTER LABOUR. Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 358, 10 April 1889, Page 8
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