THREE "IF'S."

Maoriland Worker, Volume 3, Issue 60, 3 May 1912, Page 12

THREE "IF'S."

If trouble were a feather A breath might blow away, Aud only sunny weather Came to us day by day, We'd laugh away the wrinklee That tell of life's decay— If trouble were a feather A breath might blow away. If age were always mellow, And brought no carlung oare, And Time, a jolly fellojv, Would touch us unaware; Then down life's gentle gradient We'd glide as light «s air— If age were always mellow, Aiid brought no carking care. If maids would set tho fashion Never to answer "Nay," When love, the tender passion, Spoke in its pleading way; Then through life's leafy byway* In lovers' mood we'd stray — If Maids would set tho fashion Never to answer "Nay."