THE BACHELOR.
u«Jp]itudo! Where are thy charms f—Cowper. NoJ§use and no home, no children, no wife : A'lUho would not pity a bachelor's life? Thrti ep3.(so <l 0 oxen)> h0 eaU- and he drinks, JPwere s no one to care what he suffers or thinks. t« 'i! oman he s Peaks to. but all she can say is> What will you have for your dinner to-day ?" Oafttforiday some slight variation is made f"m the washwoman comes for her bill to be paid, for the outcast from nil ono holds dear, : no one to love him, and no, one to fear ; none that would mourn where he laid in the jjijj?t for the guinua he paid for his room, f" j ?Sshe chords of the heart, how intensely they yearn , one to lova who\|ill love in fetui-n; . • *Ai!oiiio one to hear what no straiiu'er must know; one to cling to In weal and.in woe ywne one to miss when that one is away ', Kjme one to bless when fcve kneel down to pray; fi njfil" companions in ams" in the battle of life, i^ J{ " somo cne'" aU' wl'° iß*n' i* -^**but a wUe!
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Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 460, 1 July 1871, Page 2
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192THE BACHELOR. Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 460, 1 July 1871, Page 2
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