LIGHT AND SHADOW.

New Zealand Tablet, 22 November 1906, Page 3

LIGHT AND SHADOW.

1 Aye Maria.'

I sometimes feel that festal days When joy-bells loud are ringing, Are sadder than the days when grief Around ;the heart is clinging Like cold gray mists that wintry seas Along the sands are flinging. ' For in the sad days memory sleeps Lulled by the gray unending ; The long, still stretch hath not a touch O f light and color-blending— While not a gleam of joy that shines Hut hath its shades attending.