A Ballad of Fate.
Priests can foretell, but not avert the future. — luNDon. I. We idle thro* the days of ypnth, And think not of the. coming years ; Bat oould we learn the future'B rnth, What nesd there were of fearful tears. Talk not of wot, ye gloomy seers, Crash not our iouli with joy elate, It matters not our trembling fears— For who can change the word of Fato 7 11. Youth is the season of delight, Lift's bowl for ns o'erflows with wine ; Wt dream of pleasure day and night, While Fhryne's kisses ieem divine. Ah, then why think of rheumy eyno, Of weary heart and halting gait, Let red lips kiss— and bright eyes shine, For who can ohange the word of Fate? 111. 'Tif tain to think of coming woes, When flowers will fall from tresses grey ; Tht future oomea— the present goes, Then let us live our lives to-day. Let ns be happy while we may, The flying moments will not wait ; j Life cannot alter— tho' we pray— For who can ohange the word of fato ? JtSTOI. Think not of woee we may endure, Tho' coming sorrows may be great ; Tba present only is seoure, For who can change the word of Fate? V- W. Hume. Donkdct* N.Z.— ln the 7luatre.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2078, 31 October 1885, Page 1 (Supplement)
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217A Ballad of Fate. Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2078, 31 October 1885, Page 1 (Supplement)
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