THE GOLDEN ERA.
A SOKG Ur AW " OLD BT'FrRE.” Tax<k about “ advancement,” sir, Growth of art and trading j Spite of all our iussa and stir. We are rotrogading. Backward still our “ progress” tends; Men had foresight clearer, Higher motives, nobler ends, In tbo Golden Era. Ladies didn’t dye their hair—Dames, I ask your pardon—■ All the pinks they used to wear Grow in Nature’s garden. Bliss of calm connubial life Seemed no wild chimera In the simple, loving wife Of the Golden Era. Boots piped spontaneous Like the larks and linnets; Sermons—happy, happy days ! Lasted just ton minutes. In the Golden Era—yes, In the Golden Era ; For the date you mustn’t press, In the Golden Era. In that blissful golden age — This of all is oddest—• Costume, oven on the stage. Sober was and modesfc. Higher in tho neck, you know' ; To the ankle nearer— Decency was quite tho go In tho Golden Era. Fleas, and creatures still more dread, Causing pangs severer, Didn’t share the traveller's bed In the Golden Era. In the Golden Era—yes, In the Golden Era; For the date you mustn’t press, la the Golden Era. Tauranga, November 1572.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume I, Issue 25, 27 November 1872, Page 3
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194THE GOLDEN ERA. Bay of Plenty Times, Volume I, Issue 25, 27 November 1872, Page 3
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