IDLE CHARON.
The sho Styx are lone for evei-more, And not one shady form upon the steep Looms through the dusk, far a the eye can sweep, To call the ferry over as of yore ; But tintless rushes all about the shore Have hemmed the old boat in, where, locked in sleep, Hoar-bearded Charon lies ; while pale weeds creep With tightening grasp all round the unused oar. For in the world of LiEe strange rumours run That now the soul departs not with the breath. But that the Body and tn« Soul are one ; And in the loved one's mouth, now, after death, The widow puts no obol, nor the son, To pay the ferry in the world beneath. Eugene Lee-Hamilton.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 378, 19 June 1889, Page 5
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121IDLE CHARON. Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 378, 19 June 1889, Page 5
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