Poetry. FOUR LETTERS.

Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1592, 16 September 1882, Page 5

Poetry. FOUR LETTERS.

!HjH^H)UJ|§|||tt>; oLivEii wj;n t dell holmes. |S|pptainsKreimanac of the year 1809, against ||S||stlate August 29, there is this record, " Sou sand that .was thrown upon the inlc 70 years ago can still be seen upon llppur.'letters on a yellow page §p4fWe read the story quaintly told — #A,son is born 1 What August day lip 1 So lavish of its gold. ©Phy son. 0 young sire, hadst thou known JI/ What now the wide world knows of him, yHowhad thy great soul thrilled with joy, Billow had thine eyes grown dim. Hftuldst thou, through all the swift, bright BjHplave Rooked, with glad, far-reaching gaze, ■jfifl seen him as he stands to-day, Mftfpowned with unfading bays. jMßiHte Love's red roses at his feet fflßwbur all their wealth of rare perfume, tßg* i Truth's white lilies, pure as snow :|»| M lofty way illume— jjjreffl/had. thy, heart's strong throbbings shown |||&he ej&ger pen, the firm right hand, SsaMfe-thyeWrupon 1 this record quaint f;^ppese[grains of glittering sand i |j^| of Time and Fate ! HH|lt saves and loses, makes and mars, r |Bßa|>/S the small dusk upon the scales, Ojlpssid blotteth out the stars ! and thrones have passed away ; HwCeriquerors have fallen, empires died, ■Mtt^ountless sons of men gone down R,rJßeneath War's crimson tide. r*The whole "."ide earth has changed its face ; I <Naitioiis clasp hands across the seas ; Igßhav-speak, and winds and waves-repeat Jliiiff' m^ n *y symphonies. lafi||iptains have bowed their liaughty crests, ffl^iipld. opened wide the ponderous doors, «pli.s^has gathered in its dead, P^-LbVe-wept oh alien shores. pßif<sud cities, \vrapped in fire and flame, s W^ave .challenged all the slumbering land "Yet neither Time nor Change have touched These few bright grains of sand. Scribner's Monthly