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Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 2, Issue 90, 21 September 1868, Page 227

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1 ■ : .;f; • : MOTHER’S/KISSES* no. tso!” cried five-years Guy, ; „,®!' : '‘^ ure e ; don't wasbtny face to-day.” Why. “y boy, pray tell me why.; „ Just because mamma’s away P” , **Tyien : Bto awiay said Guy, *' festerday,' she kissed it over, , Byes and forehead, cheeks .and chin, . 4?4.Bhe| said'twaa sweet as dovtiri - But she criedhard by and hy; ; And-herface was.very,sad; , So I’ll keep, these kisses in, 1 lor l know 'twill make her gladf : Just before she let me go, • . —8! 1 ®, Put the, biggest kisses here; Then, she cried and hugged me so, And whispered soitly in my ear,— ‘Let these stay, my darling son, . Until this short journey’s done.’ So mamma, of course, will come •/ , - .Back.to-morrow to our home,-. And these, every one, shall stay, Nurse, you sha’n’t wash one away !’* Ah, I pity you, hoy Guy! Softer airs the mother sought, ' Only faraway to die: - You’ll wait longer than you thought! Bor your journey, hapless Guy, Bid your mother kiss you so. And her hundred-fold good-bye < , Intp Heaven with you will go. Not the stormy rains of life, - Tears, nor sweeping hand of care, laps of maiden or of wife. Can remove the kisses there. C. F. B.