GROSSING THE LINE.
Lines composed by- Lord Clifford on board the ''Sorata" when crossing tho Line, and recited by him at a concert given on deck, August 4th, ISB2, ••you've novor crossed the Line before" Tliu ciptajn s>alil to me. "Wh.it line" " l'hcio is but one," repliod The skipper merrily. "Nay, nay," I said, "there's many a line That marks the chequered life, Hard lines indeed arc sonic of them, And score in pain and stntc. ' f 'Tl)ore arc the lines I've had to write \yl}en we were boys 4t school, There was. the Ijnc iyp h a 4 tQ toe AVoen we would play the fooj. "There was the line I used to draw At cocktail number one, Alas ! I always cro.scod that line Before the day was done. "There are the lines upon one's palm That gipsies begged_ to trace, And tell of sorrow, joy, and love, And some ones-- pretty face. "fljcro arc the lines I doatcd on, The hand J tljqught divine, Of her I loved anq Jqvcd the more Because she crossed each {inc. "^.nd then the solemn marriage linps, Tftosp bonds pf lpve or, h.ate, That Rubicon, bcyqnd whose banks Repentance comoi too late, "There arc the lines that care and sin Have scarred on many, a check , That tell, of victory'to the strong, 'Ot mm to the weak. ' ' ', ■' .'.'l}ctwcen those lines we cannot read_ Save^witlj ; uncertain. breath, s .* , k r Tijl we have 'crossed that mighty'linc / »
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Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1600, 5 October 1882, Page 2
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243GROSSING THE LINE. Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1600, 5 October 1882, Page 2
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