THE LIGHTS.
I see in tho forest coverts The sheen of shimmering lights ; — They gleam from the dusky shadows, They flash from tho ghostly heights : No lights of tho tranquil homestead, Or the hostel warm aro they,— But waning flames of the Titan fire Which stormed through tho woods today. Each darts with an aimless passion, Or sinks into lurid rest, — Like the crest of a wounded serpent drooped On the scales of its treacherous breast ! Let them idly dart and quiver, — Or sink into luiid rest, — Above, like a child-saint's face in Heaven, There's a solo sweet Star i' th' West;— Ah ! slowly the earth -lights wither, — But the star, like a saintly face, Shines on with the steadfast strength of love, In its God- appointed place ? Paul H. Hawnk,
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Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1565, 15 July 1882, Page 6
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131THE LIGHTS. Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1565, 15 July 1882, Page 6
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