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ORIGINAL POETRY.

SORROW FOR THE DEAD.

i ( \ memory of Britain.) Planting fl>wers on mouldering graves, Wate-ing them with »irgin r,ea.*s, L>nely, where the dirlcye* wave*, Pastime sad tor childish years! Oia i in table garb of woe. Cares untimely on thy brow, Who are they that sleep below ? You'hful mourner who art thou ? Wherefore press the sad reply ? See t in the de«p despair, Of that tearful, wand'ring eye, Seaking what ib finds —nowhere! That best rouge of the weary Child, its miner's tender breast, Wuitqer dies it ? aad or merry, j Like, the wild-bird to it« n«ar,. I ( Read it in instinctive startings, - j W'iru these fall on fancy* ear, Tone* that thnll the quivering hearts'rings, Well-know accents naming her. Is it be —lwr own lost tather, C<il ing lie* hi* w.ilk ti» su-ire, Near thn wood or stream no gat her Lessons iresh a? mjnung,air ? Sad to think that home of childhood, Is a changed and joyless thing, Not more gladsome rang the vend-wood, In the pleas mt days of spring. There eich act of love and duty, Waich the anxious hctrt beguiles, Tender buds of worth and beauty, Ripened 'neath parental smiles. Th' E len of existence, over Which, to memory's closing page, Human spirits fondly hover, B o'rt'-d at this early stage. Fiil'd with d.»rk associati na, gr Scenes of sor ow, pain and care, * Slides funereal, be n t-pr.v*tions E^er brjoim^, c.Uiteiing thera. j Orphan ! let us weep together, i Bid m* share th} piout ioil. Evergreens and fragrant heather, Add to idom the sacred soil. T»l^ we too of fairer garlands, .i&rf 3Tet to grace <heir me.nories' shrine, wreaths of virtuous actioas, Which thy future Ufa m»y twine. G-entle child ! thy filial nature Sorrowing o'er parental duat, Points thee out a chosen creature, For some high and holy trust. Other loves, ot Heaven's providing. Round thy fond heart yet shall twine, As the faithful dove's abiding, Rich as clusters of the vine. *^An«-l w-ifchers round them binding, Lave thy lov'd oms to their rest, Hopi.g jet to fin i t'leoi "etiniing In the their lot " amongst the bkst. Life from off the desolation Of thine own oad thought*—thine ey«J, Learn an! own thy rightful station, Ward of him who rules the skies. Read it in the sacred volume, Charter of ihe orphan's rights, Let thut cloud, thai fi-*ry column, Shield thy days, and «heer tby rights, O'er it when eve's shadows gather Rouncl thy lone couch, ben 1 and say : Father! God! Be ihou my Father, Q-iido and guard ay lonely way. Gently then as evening weeping, , Ba m upon the drooping flowers, \ Softly a-> the moonbeams steeping, In thfir light, yo i, eastern tovreri. Shall His sp ri '■ j/race ilHcendi* g, Fill thy soul-wit i peace unku .wn, Joy with ad thy sorrow btending, Till the goal is s .f«1» won. " C»in sorrow for the dead find eiDre-*sion or symparhv in the drean, deserted burial place- of the Waikato." E-st Hamilton. M.B.D

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Waikato Times, Volume IX, Issue 523, 25 September 1875, Page 3

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ORIGINAL POETRY. SORROW FOR THE DEAD. Waikato Times, Volume IX, Issue 523, 25 September 1875, Page 3

ORIGINAL POETRY. SORROW FOR THE DEAD. Waikato Times, Volume IX, Issue 523, 25 September 1875, Page 3

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