Poets Corner.
SONNET. Br John Luke Clennell. Poor, silly maid ! to try so deep a game, Where all thou hast is staked at the beginning— And which, if won, enables thee to claim Some fickle heart, may-bap not worth winning— Lost bat to lure thee on to such sweet sinning. Be wise in time ; —let not wild fancy lead To hasty judgment, in a case were going Beyond the path that Virtue bids thee tread, May be the prelude to thy sad undoing— Most bitter taunt in some more honest wooing! The weal or woe of all tby future life Dependent is on this most weighty matte.* He who would seek a maiden for his wife Loving sincerely, never stoops to flatter!
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Auckland Chronicle and New Zealand Colonist, Volume 2, Issue 72, 19 December 1844, Page 4
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122Poets Corner. Auckland Chronicle and New Zealand Colonist, Volume 2, Issue 72, 19 December 1844, Page 4
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