SOUNDINGS.
— .*. " I/iUi« w« know of the boarj 8*« Till tbe Uea of LwmKmk} Lin* 8olr« o« a titfc« of iU mytUrj, ibew Strange gleams of the limitiets life below With their soundings : here be mine." TJM.A The niore I study that, supe;') . i. './-,' c Presentment of God's Mc-th*"-""^ rr^ri call "Venus of Milo" ; por.dei.n<j on a ' Those exquisite asymmeti :e*> tli.t n r-'.ak The flawless knowledge of the g'orioni Greek — These unpaired eyebrows, >>i i iLs jittle fall That so dehciously arraigns the wall Of unseen pearl that fails the rounded cheek; The more my heart within me laughs to sett So perfect copy of the radiant form That sums all manifested things for me,_ Ev'n Thine, Uma— Thou living, breafchinjf, warm. White loveliness, the sculptor froze to be A "World's delight, and Beauty's lasting norm. Mabsyas.
— Mr* Black: "Your husband is co outspoken. He always calls a epade a epade, doesn't he/ Mrs White: "I thought he d:d, but yesterday I was listening while! he was digging in the garden, and I'm sure beard him c*!l it tomcthing else."
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Otago Witness, Issue 2895, 8 September 1909, Page 86
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180SOUNDINGS. Otago Witness, Issue 2895, 8 September 1909, Page 86
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