AN ANSWER.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2185, 10 July 1886, Page 1 (Supplement)

AN ANSWER.

M\ ver-io, you s ay, all has a sad rofrnin, And though it pleases, still it brings tho tears ! Ah, friend, I'd rather call the smiles than pain To cloud the current of thy placid years. T have no right to let mv sorrow creep In other's lives by look, or word or pen. Locked in my heart 1 would fain let it .sleep — A sacred treasure, hid from mortal ken. When each soul enters its Gethsetuane How can we comfort if we cannot reach ? Our own heart'.s anguish must supply the key. And teach us how as only tears can teach. Peace follows pain. All e*rth is glad today ; Buds bloom that 'yesterday we thought were dead ; The lark, whose last year's nest was torn away, Sings now, and builds another nest instead. God's love has willed it so ; rejoice with me ; Take courage, too, ;uid fear not thou to sing. Caged birds give sweeter joy than those, which free, Flit thro' the woodland groves on gladsome wing. Sing of love the that conquers grief and pain, Sing of tho beauty of the earth and sky ; Make for all darkened souls the pathway plain. So shall thy music never, never die.