WHO IS HAPPIEST? By the Marquis of "Lorne, K.T.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 408, 5 October 1889, Page 6

WHO IS HAPPIEST? By the Marquis of "Lorne, K.T.

(From "The Scots Magazine.") ; "Who is happiest ? Is it he Who with vision strangely keen * An 1 • can behold has seen ? Who, as in his cells the beo Gathcreth the honey hoard, Hath bv study, wisdom stored In the chambers of his brain '{ > Tell me, tell me, is it true< That if kept for self or view • Knowledge such as this is gain I » Is it he, whose mind is slow ; He who, like a troubled .lake. Holds not scenes still waters; taricc; Flings not back each shade er glow — Cannot heed, and careth riot For the world so that his. lot - Be good liTing, be but re&t ? Tell me, tell me, can such Peace Give from pain a brief release : Docs Happiness love him the best I Is it he, b< fore whose eyes Fancy, with her magic light, Robes the mists in rainbows blight,. Gilding sad realities With ideal hues that show ; Rarely, faintly here below— Tell me, if thou hast this lore. Is he right, or doth he err Who boldly may to Truth aver, I love my tender dreaming niore ? Is it not that Happiness Conies not with the wisdom gained. Loves not fancy overstrained— Nor tb dullards gives redress For the gifts to them denied : But is oftenest at his side Who to others her hath given 1 L Who hath done what in Trim lay To drive pain or want away Seeing tnus a glimpse of Heaven ?