Memory's Chimes.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 958, 24 December 1881, Page 1 (Supplement)

Memory's Chimes.

■'= - : ■■ --j'- ; B^ORiTAi'-• ! .-': : ;' ' p§Sa OIfTLY with tho'chimekifmißniory jfijjjjflj '"'Ring the merry Chria'traM^jtli; JtS&A '^k?;™ 6 voice of ange^singing, l^p 8 ' ' ; oer the'soul, their eceaU." Green) grave andseareStore their deadjj '-" ■ Come back the>ldst>and loved 'once more; The chair's no longer-empty nowy l < ■'■•'' : Light feetwme tripping o'er thefloor, The-mother.folds.in loving clasp,; i i .Her'first-bprndariingitoher breast// Though years have pasting weary-years,! ; .Since he:Waa.laidaway,atireat,r,v: ~ ■■ To-night he's b'ack'l she holds' him close I . Her fingers thro 1 his ringlets stray; His" soft, warm cheek: is prcatto'her'a., ' Fdr'mother's kisses, or |n play,' Two eyes like deep blue violotMihe,' •-] Two rosy lips' rest on 1 her own,Atiriy.arm steals round her neck—\She's bleat to-night—no : morera!oae.!' Ririg.pni sweet bellsjiyour, rnaglo lend•■ ■ f To smooth, the aching brow-of care, .: And sweetly link withlWone days,.: ' The iaong of love,,the voice of prayer,;,;