SELECT POETRY. A THOUSAND YEARS AGO.

Tuapeka Times, Volume V, Issue 234, 25 July 1872, Page 9

SELECT POETRY. A THOUSAND YEARS AGO.

By Lelamd. Thou and I spirit-land A thousand yean ago, Watched th« waves beat on th« strand, Ceaseless ebb and flow , Vowed to love and ever love A thousand years ago. , Thou and I in greenwood shade, Nine hundred yean ago, Heard the wild dov* in the glade Murmuring soft -and low; Vowed to love for'everinore, Nine hundred years ago. Thou and I in yender star. Eight hundred years ago, Saw strange forms of light afar In wild beauty glow ; All things change, but love endures Now as long ago. Thou and I in Norman halls, Seven hundred years ago, Heard the warder on the walls Loud his trumpet blow — "Ton ainora sera tojors," Seven hundred years ago ! Thou and I in Germany, Six hundred years ago— Then I bound the red cross on : "True love, I must go,— But we part to meet again In the endless flow ! " Thou and I in Syrian plains. Five hundred years ago, Felt the wild fire in our veins To a fever glow ! All things die, but love lives on Now as long ago ! , ■ ■ Thou and I in shadow-land, Four hundred years ago, Saw strange flowers bloom on the strand, Heard strange breezes blow ; In the ideal love is real, This alone I know. Thou and I in Italy, Three hunched years ago, Lived in faith and died for God, Felt the faggots glow : Everinew and ever true, Three hundred years ago. Thou and I on Northern seas, Two hundred years ago, Felt the perfumed even-breeze. Spoke in Spanish by the trees, Had no care or woe : life went dreamily in song Two hundred years ago. Thou and I mid Southern snows, One hundred years ago, Led an iron silent life, And were glad to flow Onwards into changing death, One hundred years ago. Thou and I but yesterdny Met in Fashion's show, Love, did you remember me, Love of long ago ? Yes ; we keep the fond oath sworn A thousand years ago !