GOOD SEED.
Like seed d«ep hid In the thinkleu earth, Or baried in d«td m«n'* tomb*, 'Till the ipade of tUe labourer CMti them forth, Or the tnreMer'i ie»rJi exhume*— B*Tiv«d again in the upper air, W ot one of their powers i« loit ; PUnt them, ther root and fburiih fair, And bring forth a goodly hoit Cf off.pring, though csnturies m\y hare p»st Sine* th»y in th.ir d»ik«ome o»Ui were e%tt. So is the word the poet nrewshu : The good Mcd may niem to -lie, And tha fruit o the hoi 7 crtcd he teaohM Be hidden from bum»n »ye : If the vital germ of truth be td«r«, tt nerer can perish wliollr, Bloh olowmn und fruit it Will rortly Di»r, _ Tlioutrh for h»ng >••»(• barlad 1 >w!y : - ' Other hands mir bring it to light, and t«id'; Bat the ited of jood thoiu<hts naj a Kuitfal cod.'
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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 685, 4 November 1876, Page 1 (Supplement)
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147GOOD SEED. Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 685, 4 November 1876, Page 1 (Supplement)
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