A LITTLE WOMAN. (From the Spanish of Juan Ruiz de Hilla.)
In a little . precious stoue,;what, splendour meets the. In a little lump of sugar, how much of sweetness Hep ; So, in"*, little- womiiii; love grows ; and^. multiplied Ydii 'recollect the p'rfcverb s*y*—dwordunto thejvise., A peppercorn is very small, but.ieasoni every dinner, ,More than all other condiments, although* 'tis' « sprinkled thinner.; -_ ' '' - ' < Juit so a little woman is, if love will let you win her*; There's not a joy in all the world you will noi find' within her." f > ' J ■" ' "'''• ' * , * f ' \And at within the little rose you'll find' the richest dyes, . „ . ,- " r And in a little grain of gold much, price and, f value. ■ lies,— ' , t .-&-„ , .. _ ,-> .'i A* from a little balsam much.rich odour doth arise,—i So in a little woman therSls a,\aste i of Paradise. , The skylark and the nightingale, -though small, and $ light of w^ng, ' - , , „ r ,, _ ._ t Yet warble sweeter iv the grove than ,all the birdsj that sing- iL'fr' * "1- ._ t ,' lk ~J~ - atlijitlewoman, though a very'littk thing,'" \ is"sweetir than all other sweets— e*6n' flowerf' that' bloom' in. spring. >h- JKih. ... h\ l~l ~ *>.*'.»
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New Zealander, Volume 3, Issue 165, 29 December 1847, Page 3
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187A LITTLE WOMAN. (From the Spanish of Juan Ruiz de Hilla.) New Zealander, Volume 3, Issue 165, 29 December 1847, Page 3
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