VERTICORDIA.
Desolatk, barren. \ o d r of hope, ' ..i • Hard as adaman*", cold as death, A heart beat out its loveless life With'ring each moment with its breath, .' ' 1 . • Sunshine and shadow, ]o.v »«d pain, Unheeded grew into its life ' Until a mighty store there lay,Waitings. till for the moment rife,. Woting for the momcntwhen The monarch Lovo his shaft should wing, And cause dry twigs to blossom forth, The dead voice in thathoart to sing ! The golden bolt at length was thrown' • And iv that fleshy tomb— ah see ! What wondrous change there then was wrought, ' Perfected by Love's sympathy. A change lileo that, from night to day, When bn«l3 their songs of joy renew. When ilowers breathe out on pertiitnod ai When sunlight pearls the morning dew. A wilderness, a garden pvown, A body to which breath is given, A lifcloss statue, sonl possessed, . ? A herd- won ba<tlu nobly striven. A power like this belonjrs 4o Love. A power that gods hr.tl enviod even, A power that in its wondrous wealth 'l urns heaven to bell or hell o heaven. Hajrry orman,.- • Auckland, Nqv. 15lh, 1889,
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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 426, 7 December 1889, Page 3
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188VERTICORDIA. Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 426, 7 December 1889, Page 3
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