LIFE'S LOVELINESS.
Sometimes the abundant beauty of the world Makes my heart tremble and ache. Sometimes, when summer's banners are unfurled, Or. autumn 's glory on the winds is tossed and whirled, I think my heart will break. For loveliness is often too great to bear. Trees laced at twilight, how they lift me up To the far heights of heaven ! And winds that stir At evening bid my soul with God confer. I drink the beauty of the world as from S cup. Why should I almost weep when I behold The quiet moon, a ship blown down the night ? Over and over I watch the shadows fold, Over and over I see the star's clear gold, iet never yet have I lost the new delight. I weep for gladness, as women weep when Love Tende'rs the heart, singing its age-old ' song. And I weep that the cloud which sails that sea above Will drift from my dreams and all the hopes thereof. . . . And I weep that life is short when I thought it long.
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Digger (Invercargill RSA), Issue 19, 23 July 1920, Page 1
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176LIFE'S LOVELINESS. Digger (Invercargill RSA), Issue 19, 23 July 1920, Page 1
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