poetry CLIMB UPWARD.

Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1624, 30 November 1882, Page 1 (Supplement)

poetry

CLIMB UPWARD.

1 1 say to you, climb upward to the heights ; Keop your eyes lifted to the far ofF peaks ; For only are the riches of the gods Given to the one who toils and seeks. The gods rest on the mountains with thcii eyes Fixed on the stars. The mists float down between Them and the earth. Only far up above Pours the sun's glory in a perfect sheen. What is a snnbeam straggling on the floor To a whole world of glory ? And the rose Bosido yon hedge to the mysterious dawn That blossoms in tho east at night's dim clot,e ? If the winds pierce yon, and tho storm rolls wild, And rains boat pitiless against your breast, Press forward out of all the strife and din — Upon the heights there lies eternal rest. In valleys shadows sleep, and all tho world Doth jangle rudely in its petty spite At life; and at tho foot of hills Are always some wan lcmnants of tho night. The day is broad upon the mountain-tops ; The wraiths of care and sin can never steal So far from earth. The mortals' furious breath Can not tho abiding place of gods make reel. And so, I say to you, climb to tho peaks ; Brim your soul purely with the mountain air; And half-way up the snow-cold, ■shining heights, Tho gods will leach to you, and lift you thcie. Fanjsy Duibcoi-r,.