Poetry.
THE BURDEN OF THE DAY. Now aro they faded— all the morning plows That changed the lmdscapo to a fiury Bcen9. The sunlit mists of amber, blue nnd rose That prophesied a joy that n'er hntli boon ! The hills that liko .Terusiilem tho blo-t. .Seemed made of precious g.-ms too diu./.UMR bright For aught, but nngol-f.mt thereon t." r<-.st. How hiivo they lost tlit'ir ovaiioscimil liglit 7 IVr it is noun, yrs, only mum; tho way Spreads dull and dry bonnatli the clouded 81,11 Sore art" tho tuwt arul burdun of the day, And >vo must boar until the day is dene. The nootry of I.ito is o'er, the prose Alono roiuuinx, our flow'rs lie dead round. Footsore and weary, longing for reposo, Wo tread, with bleeding feet, tho thorny ground. Courage, 0 fainting hearts, tired of the road, ... . There are green pastures, waters still ana bright, By those fair banks, we may lay down our load, For, low, at eventide it shall be light. Courage, 0 time-worn hearts ! Bear bravely on A little longer, till day be o'er; At eventide your burden shall be gone, At eventide it shall be light once more. —Shortey Wynne.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2674, 31 August 1889, Page 5 (Supplement)
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197Poetry. Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2674, 31 August 1889, Page 5 (Supplement)
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