Selected Poetry.
TWO BY TWO. Up and dosn this gladsome world wo wander, Two by two; See its sights, and learn its truths to ponder, Two by two ; ’ Smiling lads and winsome middens stand In life’s rosy portals, hand in hand ; As soon as he can think, John takes the road To some kind Mary’s ever bright abode • And prattling Mary moulds, of plastic clay, Rare pies for Johnny, as they steal away, Two by two. Eve and Adam sojourned in the garden Two by two ; ’ Cupid still smites hearts where he is warden . Two by two; * Lisping school-girls oft learn less from' books Than from boyish lover’s earnest looks— Hearts and darts—“ I love—yon love—we love”! Rude poncifings their youthful passion prove •' Arid home returning, precious are the hours ’ While side by side, they cull Love’s early flowers, Two by two. ’ Youth and Age, all seek enchanted Aidens Marriage vows bind willing men and maidens, Two by two ; * Iwo eyes, to failings, then, should e’re be blind • Two ears should hear but gentle words and kind; Iwo hands be glad to work another’s will • Two feet he patient other’s needs to fill • ’ Iwo people, thus, earth’s happiest race will run • Iwo hearts, united thus, will beat as one, ’ Not two -by two.
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Evening Star, Issue 3645, 28 October 1874, Page 3
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213Selected Poetry. Evening Star, Issue 3645, 28 October 1874, Page 3
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