GREEN FIELDS IN SIGHT.

Waikato Times, Volume XV, Issue 1295, 16 October 1880, Page 3

GREEN FIELDS IN SIGHT.

At the portals of the morning, Stood a child with dainty feet, AH about him golden sunshine, Pearly dew and blossoms sweet. And with tender dimpled lingers Pluck'd the flowers fresh and fair, And the overhanging branches Laid their dew drops in his hair. Looking forward o'er life's pathway Saw he broardcr fields of green, Skies with sunny clouds so fleecy, Here and thore faint threads between ; And with swiftly fleeting footprints Started he for fields more bright ; But in yam he hurried onwards, They were always " just in sight." "Warmer, brighter, grew the sunshine, Broader, rougher, grew the way j But with green fields just before him, Nothing could his footsteps stay. Thus he wander 1 d on till manhood Took tho place of childhood fair, Then he threw aside the flowers, Wiped the dew drops from his hair. Onward, onward, toiling, strewing, Helping others with his might, Reaching fonvard to those meadows That were always " just in sight." Lie within the dark cold shadow, Here we only wish, and wait, Till the Master calls us over, And unbars the pearly gate. -T.W.S.

"If you make it hoptional with me," says the Englishman, " 111 take beer." " That's what beats me," as the boy saiJ when he saw his father take the skate-strap down from its accustomed nail. A. YoffNG, lady on being asked where her native place was, replied, "I have none ; I am the daughter of a Methodist minister." A Philadelphia antiquarian who married a young wido\y says she is the most interesting relict he has ever found. When a man now undertakes a larger task than he can accomplish, it is said of him that he has bitten off more than he can. chew,