HOW SHE LOST HER LOVER
'Twas a summer ago when he left me here, A summer of smiles with never a tear. Till X said to him with a sob, my dear! Good-bye, my lover; good-bye! For I loved him, oh, as the stars love night 1 And my cheeks for him flushed red and white . ~ , When he first called me his heart s delight ! Good-bye, my lover: good-hye! The touch of his hand was a thing divine. A a he sat with me in the soft moonshine And drank of my love as men drink wine; Good-bye, my lover; good-bye! And never a night as 1 knelt in prayer. In a gown as white as our own souls were, But' in "fancy he came and kissed me there; Good-bye, my lover; good-bye! But now, oh, God ! what an empty place My whole heart is I Of the old embrace And the kiss I loved there is not a trace; Good-bye, my lover: good-bye ! He sailed not over the stormy sea. And he went not down the waves, not he; But, oh, he is lost, for he married me; Good-bye, my lover; good-bye!
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8351, 11 February 1913, Page 5
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193HOW SHE LOST HER LOVER New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8351, 11 February 1913, Page 5
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