TO THE "SUN."
"We kaovr him from the golden page Of Homer's deathless song,— •The son of Leto. bright aud fair, •The g -aceful and the strong, Who, sitting on Earth's nivel stone, To mortals e.Vfcr spake Responses dim and portenti dire, Before which monarchs quake. His golden chariot tracked the sky, Inimical to night, And clouds dispelled, and covered earth TVith golden robes of light. jSuch was the god whom Hellas bent In trembling awe befora ; But fools and knaves now steal the name So reverenced of yore. Br sneiiKins; politician doga " Qjjgat Sol is made a liar ! " — . A scenic sun. uT tjisue framed, Bereft of heat and fire. O from the cloud-cnppsd summit ho»r Olympian descend : . Come on, like Night with clanging bow, • And this imposture end. pall this a sun— this rushlight glow— .Thia feeble twiukliag beam ? ■ ,The jest is arrogant. Be off ! '. And .vanish like a dream ! G.M.
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Tuapeka Times, Volume I, Issue II, 2 January 1869, Page 6
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152TO THE "SUN." Tuapeka Times, Volume I, Issue II, 2 January 1869, Page 6
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