SELECT POETRY.
SOFT AND LOW. * I * J Soft and low.angeb licep Watch o'er those who silent sleep ; Soffl find silent whispeiioga como - . "£"il£uni hasten to tliy home." ) > Soft and low roses bloom, fragranco o'er the tomb ; Kiss the \ ioleta ; pass away ; Shor!r3i7cd-bcautic3 of a day. lovy willows \ravo ' O'er tho little now-made grave ; Bending low their branches vrecp Where we laid tho flower t^ sleep. E?of t and tow, as of old, Aagels tttjj^thcir harps of gold,; AnseKfin^ora sweep the strings, — E<^Q«gjsthe angola' wings J .3or|^i£i<l low music floats ■".**, -Ovdf Alpine bills sweet notes ; '* Labor ended, sins confessed, — Weajiy 3h.epb.culs, go to rest. Soft and low years go by, Pointing to a home on high ; Soft and silent leave their traco On each tender, youthful face. Soft «nd low death appears, End of all our griefs and fears ; In the valley, 1q ! a voice, — ■ 'I am with thee ; saint, rejoice."
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Tuapeka Times, Volume I, Issue 34, 3 October 1868, Page 6
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150SELECT POETRY. Tuapeka Times, Volume I, Issue 34, 3 October 1868, Page 6
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