AN AMATORY CURIOSITY.
\ 1 Here is s decided curiosity in the -way of ■" love letters. It was written by a young French senlpior. who went out of his mind for love of the young bnt cruel widow to vckom it was addressed, anil who only looked upon it .is a witty joke:— "Divine Pebble, —Were you not harder tian porphyry or agate, tb-e chisel of my 2 love, guided by the mallet of my fidelity. - rroold hare made some impression upon yon. !. •jrfio have jrireu every form to the rough- ' '.-,i m.-uerlals. hnd hoped that with the compass of reason, the saw of constancy. the fine file of frienasliip, and the polish of my words. I sh-onld have niado of you one of the prettiest stattu-s in the world. Bnt. aias: you nre nn irwusiblo stone: m<l r j . Toi: - TOr: - re la - v sn a'. you yonrse-lf renaain"'liuj ss cold as marble. Havo pity on mc: ! I no longer know what I say or do. Wfcen *! I have a drajron to sculpture, it is Cupid I ihr.t rises nndrr my chisel. Dear column of c , Jmy hopes, pedestal uf my haprincsF. cor- j a ! nice of my joy. if you make mc nappy I will ; n j rsise to yojj statues and pyramids. To- " I aaorrcK- I will call for roar aaswer.— ? i Augustc."
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 36, 11 February 1905, Page 11
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225AN AMATORY CURIOSITY. Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 36, 11 February 1905, Page 11
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