ECCE HOMO !
With mb\ \\ nil*, That diink diuno C'li.iso tumble f.u away ; The caics of man It will trepan, His lieait <*iow lijflit and gay. ]>ut if despair In darkness diear, Should cloud life--' sunny iu<nn ; Don't sit and sigh, But " bi.uidy ' tiy Kaith's ijlikhu 'twill ni.iko thee scorn. Yet many -ay Twill not .illay The tioubli"! of tin-, life ; Tlicy - iy it feed> .Suii' tiny woods And ti.iiiih for \iciou'> -tiife. They sny that tmth The bloom of youth Sink-, drooping 'noath it-, bie.ith ; Fair vutue dies Bright honour lios, Fast— fast i^leep in death. They .also sny lt\ xcil so pay, Hidu- -.lcknci"*, Wcint and woo, liehind it tliero Aie whnlpoola drear Whence Stygi.ui vices flow . In drunkaid's ftice Ko noble tinee Of (Jodlike image theie ; The bi .Hid of Cciin liy Hatan lain They say its features bear. 'Xuatli ' grogV contiol They >-ay the soul Is doomed to lasting pain ; In fion/y's giip Hell s demons slip Aioiind it Satan's chain. They bid thee, man ! A moment scan The drunkaid's present life ; A sifjht to mourn, A soul foi loin, A "cow ,ud " in eaith s -.tuff. C.W.M. To Awiiinutii.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 2013, 2 June 1885, Page 3
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193ECCE HOMO ! Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 2013, 2 June 1885, Page 3
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