LADIES’ EXPRESS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume II, Issue 189, 22 July 1874, Page 2

LADIES’ EXPRESS.

[The Editor will be glad to give insertion to any local contributions from his lady friends that may be considered interesting in the family circle, or to the sex generally.'] CONSTANCY. “ I sleep not from eve till morning, I moistened my pillow with tears; And in those long hours till the dawning Was crowded the sorrow of years. They tell me my lover is faithless, No longer he mentions my name ; That I must forget him ; yet, net h less, I love him—l love him the same I “To love.and forget may be human, And it may be a man’s part to play ; But, oh! I were less than a woman If I were to love but a day ! I lived in the thought of him only ; 1 waited and watched till he came; Though now I’m forsaken and lonely, I love him—l love him the same! “ Is the form of his charmer more slender ? And has she an angelic face ? Are her tones more delightful, more tender?— In her motion a wonderful grace ? Oh ! tell if she has brighter hair, or Soft eyes that more loving can be ? Though she may be younger and fairer, I know that she loves not like me! “Oh! bitter and cruel this parting— Oh ! bitter and sad as the grave ! I crush back the tears that are starting, And try to be patient and brave. Why stand I here watching and waiting ? And why do I murmur his name ? Why love I when I should be hating ? Oh ! I must still love him the same!” She turned from the casement in sorrow, He eyelashes heavy with tears ; Her life on that morn seemed to borrow The grief and the burden of years. Then a voice through the stillness was ringing, And fast-rushing footsteps they came : With her arms round her lover still clinging, She sobbed, “He still loves me the same !” E. B. D.

A Printer’s joke : “ Good morning, Mr. Pecksniff,” said a printer in search of female compositors. “ Have you any daughters who would make good type setters ?” “No ; but I have a wife who would make a very good devil.”