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Waikato Argus, Volume III, Issue 221, 11 December 1897, Page 2 (Supplement)

MORTALITY. O why should the spirit of mortal bo proud ? Like a fast-flitting meteor, a fast-flying cloud, A flash of the lightning, a lireak of the wave— He passes from life to his rest in the grave The leaves of the oak and the willows shall fade, Bo scattered around, and together he laid : And the young and the old, and the low and the high Shall moulder to dust, and together shall lie. The child that a mother attended and loved, The mother that iufaiit's affection that proved, The husband that mother and infant that blest, Each—all are away to their dwelling of rest The maid on whose cheek, onj whoso brow, in whose eye Shone beauty and pleasure—her triumphs are by; And the memory of those that loved her and praised Are alike from the minds of the living erased. The hand of the King that the sceptre hath borne, The brow of tho priest that the mitre hath worn, The eye of the sage, and the heart of the brave Are hidden arid lost in the depths of the grave. The peasant whose lot was to sow and to reap, The herdsmen who climbed with their goats to the steep, The beggar that wandered in search of his bread Have faded away like the grass that we tread. The saint that enjoyed the communion of heaven, The siuuer that dared to remain unforgiven, The wise and the foolish, the guilty and just Have quietly mingled their bones iu the dust. So the multitude goes like the flower aud the weed That wither away to let others succeed ; So the multitude comes—even those we holdTo repeat the same tale that hath often been told. For we are the same things that our fathers have been, We see the same sights that our fathers have seen, We drink the same stream, and we feel the same sun, And wo run the same course that our fathers have run. The thoughts we are thinking our fathers would think, From the death we are shrinking they, too, would shrink: To the life we aro clinging to they, too, would cling— But it speeds from the earth like a bird on the wing. They loved—but their story we cannot unfold ; They scorned—but the heart to the haughty is cold : They grieved—but no wail from their slumbers may come; They joyed—but the voice of their gladness is dumb. They died—ay, they died ! and we things that arc now, Who walk on the turf that lies over their brow, Who make in the dwellings a transient abode, Meet the changes they met on their pilgrimage road. Tea, hope and despondence, and pleasure and paiu Are mingled together like sunshine and rain ; And the smile aud the tear, and tho song and the dirge Still follow each, other like eurgo upon surge. 'Tis the twink of an eye, 'tis the draught of breath From the blossom of health to the paleness of death ; From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud— O ! why should the spirit of mortal be proud ': CHIEF BRAND CLOTHING is made to tit till slender men. N.Z. Record- - ■ Carrot Crop. q ROOTS, Qr^LU. GROWN BY MR RAMSAY, TAUWHARE. La, BITE TIELGIAN, IHORT \T/- HITE "DELGIAN, & c ' & c 2 & c - WEBB'S IMPERIAL SWEDE ! GEO. jTnEAL, CAMBRIDGE. 30/9 KARL BROS.' AHAUPU OAWMILL, MESSRS KARL BROS., having erected a Sawmilling Plant in their bush, are now prepared to supply BUILDING TIMBER (KAHIKATEA & RIMU) Of the Best Quality, at Lowest Market Pkices. ■B3T MOULDINGS and all kinds of DRESSED STUFF also supplied. Orders by mail or wire will receive prompt attention. 9/10 iTOROHANGA AWMILLS MR EDWARD BARTLEY, Architect, A (JCKLAND, Writes under Date, September 19th "I am delighted with your timber. I never expected to see such a lot ol Kahikatea without a fault." ELLIS &~BiIRNANO SAWMILLERS, OTOIIOH A N G A t DAVYS BROS., "> UKU HI A OAWMILLS, ARE SUITLYINCi KAHIKATEA & RIMU BUILDING TIMBER ALL KINDS OF MOULDINGS. FRUIT BOXES. PALINGS AND SHINGLES At Lowest Mariusl,Prices. Orders may be left with MR J. T, HOKNE, Hamilton, or posted to Rukuhia. 29/9 CHIEF BRAND CAMBRIDOE K.B. SUITS, for Boys and Youths, excel iu style and quality.