Select Poetry.
! ONE TOtjCff WWATOfcjS A lark's aontc.dropped from bwTM, ':■<■-, '.ttUriff . A rose's breath at noon ; >_£ y^ A still, sweet stream that flowi.ap^fhqr* „ < ( '|«;;et^ f Beneath»still,Weetmoon. :T y,. . o) \^ /* ,-,ty A^Uttle wtyslde'flower' ■- '5 JwttHu *»''fi, f.» »"j Plucked from the pfMfcß,fliA^i yf' l'f 'J'' r* *"* A sound, a breath, a glance—and yet WSathittheybrin^tousf' ' "■ - ' For the world grows far too wise. And wisdom is but grief; Much thought makes but a weary way, Question and unbelief. Thank God for the bird's song, And for the flower's breath ! i^ • ~ The sweet old hymn of faith! > ~ "~y,t i For the world grows all too wise— Orisitnotwiseenongh?",, , - Thank God for anything that makes , ,- f> 1 The path less dark and rough! ''
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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3312, 2 August 1879, Page 1
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117Select Poetry. Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3312, 2 August 1879, Page 1
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