ORIGINAL POETRY.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 4, Issue 317, 1 August 1879, Page 2

ORIGINAL POETRY.

WILT THOU BE TRUE ?

Wilt thou be true? Yes, dearest; ever, And ever through the twilight gloaming, And weary years, although we sever, These words return, like sad spirits moaning— Wilt thou be true ? Will thou be true? Oh! bitter change, From that sweet time to this, and as I view ■ ..'■■' .'.!. The past and present, ah me I how strange That one so fair should have been so .untrue — Wilt thou be true ? Wilt thou be true ? "I will." That falser hood rang And rose, and fell upon the cold night; air; And now, through life, like some great city's clang, £■• That false " I will" rings ever in my ear— Wilt thou be true ? Wilt thou be true? The silent stars looked down, And mutely pitying, hid their gentle eyes. To those bright orbs our inmost thoughts are known; Too well they knew and heard thy soft replies— Wilt thou bo true? Wilt thou be true ? Oh! would I could forget .- Those few short moments of deep pain, yetbliss, * , When, clinging to thy neck, the hot tears •wet My cheek that you, in seeming passion Wilt thou be true? Wilt thou be true ? And dim black shadow-s rise And beckon me through vistas dark and deep, And gibe and jeer, with cold malignant eyes, And sometimes haunt the blessed realms of sleep— ' ij, Wilt thou be true ? Wilt thou be true? Begone, begone, I say, Ye hideous phantoms.of the far off {last, .'' :'''' .'• "'-'■'■'■ ■'■ '■■'' I not turn me from my path away; E'en now I feel thy power cannot last— Wilt thou be true? Wilt thou be true? "I will," alas! my heart, How oft these words are but the brief transition Of joy to sorrow; we but met to part, And hope and joy have perished in fruitionWilt thou be true? Wilt thou be true? And kindly Death replies: y. "I will;be true, oh! weary heart, to thee;" So now I know when sleep hath closed our eyes, Thy truth, thy trust, thy love, shall all return to me— And stay for ever true. Thalia. July 25,1879.