JIM AGAIN.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XIX, Issue 19, 6 February 1891, Page 11

JIM AGAIN.

11 Jm has a future front of him—" That's what they used to say of Jim ; For when young Jim was only ten He mingled with the wisest men ; With wisest men he ÜBed to mix, And talk of law and politics ; And everybody Baid of Jim, 11 He has a future front of him." When Jim was twenty years of age, And costumed ready for life's stage, He had a perfect man's physique, And knew philosophy and Greek; He delved in every misty tome Of old Arabia and Borne ; And everybody 88id of Jim, " He has a future front of him." When Jim was thirty years of age He'd made a world wide pilgrimage ; He'd walked and studied 'neath the trees Of German universities, And visited and pondered on The sites of Thebes and Babylon ; And everybody said of Jim, " He has a future front of him." The heir of all earth's heritage Was Jim at forty years of age ; The lore of all the years was shut And focused in his occiput; And people thought so much he knew, " What wonderous things our Jim will do ! " They more than ever said of Jim, " He has a future front of him." At fifty years, though Jim was changed, He had his knowledge well arranged, All tabulated, systemised, And adequately synthesized ; His head was so well filled within He thought: " I'm ready to begin ; " And everybody said of Jim, " He has a future front of him." At sixty —no more need be said — At sixty years poor Jim was dead ; The preacher said that such as he Would shine to all eternity ; In other words, beyond the blue, There was grpat work for Jim to do ; And o'er his bier he said of Jim, " He has a future front of him." The great deeds wr are going to do Shine on the vastness of the blue, Like sunset clouds of lurid light Against the background of the night; And so we climb the endless slope, Far up the crownless heights of hope, And each one makes himself a Jim, And rears a future front of him.

—8. W. Fobs in the Yankee Blade.