THE YOUNG WIDOW.
She is modest, but not bashful, Free and easy, but not bold ; Like an apple, ripe and mellow ; Not too young, and not too old ; Half inviting, h»"f repulsing, Now advancing, end now shy— There is mischief in her dimple, There is danger in her eye.
She has studied human nature ; She is schooled in all her arts ; She has taken her diploma As the mistress of all hearts. She can tell the very moment When to sigh and when to 6mile ; Oh, a maid is sometimes charming, But a widow all the while.
Are yon sad ? How very serious "Will her handsome face become! Are you angy ? She is wretched, . Lonely, friendless, tearful, dumb. Are you mirthful ? How her laughter, Silver sounding, will ring out; She can lure and catch and play you As the angler does the trout.
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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume V, Issue 479, 25 February 1881, Page 3
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143THE YOUNG WIDOW. Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume V, Issue 479, 25 February 1881, Page 3
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