LIVE IT DOWN.
1 There is a future for all who have the virtue to repent, and the energy to atone.' — Bulwer-Lytton. Yes, your fault has blurred your name ; Such disgrace is hard to bear ; Yet for you there is an aim, Which should be your constant care — You must learn to live it down. True the cloud is like a pall ; ' Error ever weaves such things ; But the sky is oyer all ; Morn has light upon its wings, If you only live it down. Yes, I know men look askance, Dreading any pitch to touch ; Women with a wondering glance, Fear to pity overmuch ; Still, I tell you — live it down. Patient be ; with spirit meek, Bear rebuffs a little while, Till truerfriends shall kindly speak, Meeting you with sunny smile, Seeing you can live it down. Labor 1 Oh, the worth of work, Ch&siag bitter thoughts away; Never any duty shirk Which arises day by day ; That is how to live it down. Ask forgiveness — and forgive, v „ Yet indulge not memories dark ; For you still may nobly live, JThough for once you missed the mark — If you strive to live it down. 'Tis not easy? That I own: What is easy that has worth ? Life is struggle, hid or known, Even from the hour of birth ; Yours the task to live it down. I have cheered you ? That is well : You will ponder on my words — So you Bay ; and I can tell They have touched some answering chords Yes, I know you'll live it down, Till the wrong may be forgot, Or remembered only be Like a half erased blot, Which men do not care to see — When indeed you've lived it down. Camilla Ckosland. In Chambers Journal.
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Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1622, 25 November 1882, Page 2 (Supplement)
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292LIVE IT DOWN. Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1622, 25 November 1882, Page 2 (Supplement)
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