TO FATHER DAMIEN.
.Thy grontneso ia our vaunt; vain-crlorious thought To thee finds access never ; that is well ! The spiritu that whisper round thy midnight cell, Waft thee a dew of purer solace, fraught With Eden's sweetness only, solace caught From bowers where Love and Meekness blended dwell, And whence notboasts, butsongs thanksgiving swell, Love songs of martyr souls. This fight well 1 fought Thy death will crown ; thy greatness then he known. • ' Who, then, shall lead thee to thy paradise? Those saints who best true joy, true beauty SCO When hid by mists of earth— Cecilia, she Whose bridal wreath anerels discerned alone, And Agnes angel-veiled from fleshly eyes. Aubrey de Vbre.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 372, 29 May 1889, Page 3
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113TO FATHER DAMIEN. Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 372, 29 May 1889, Page 3
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