Truly a Modest Maid.
1 want no duke nor honored ear), No bravo anil comely knight; I want a man who'll tend the stove, And the kitchen fires light. I want no daring warrior Bof -?ro whose sword men fall; I *vant ft timid little man Who'll answer to my call. I want no lordly banker With wealth on land and sea; 1 want a man whoso hoardings Shall in my keopingbe. I want no handsome, brilliant ™i»i Whose glance the heart can hurt; I waut a man so ugly That none will with him flirt. I want a man of learning, Of the mental, vast and high; 1 want a man who knows and feels He knows much less than I. — Omaha. Ba^
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Manawatu Herald, 21 April 1898, Page 4
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124Truly a Modest Maid. Manawatu Herald, 21 April 1898, Page 4
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