“WHITE SOON.”
Long parting from the hearts wo love Will shadow o’er the brightest face; And happy they who part, and prove Affection changes not with place.
A sad farewell is warmly dear, But something dearer may be found To dwell on lips that are sincere, And lurk in bosoms closely bound.
The pressing hand, the tearful eye, Are both less earnest than the boon Which, fervently, with heart-felt sigh Begs in the hopeful words, “ Write soon !”
“Write soon oh, sweet request of Truth ! How tenderly its accents come! We hear it first in early youth, When mothers watched us leaving homo.
And still amid the trumpet-joys, That weary us with pomp and show, We turn from all the brassy noise To hear this minore cadence flow.
We part, but cairy on our way Some loved- n ,*’s plaintive spirit-tune, That, as we wander, seems to say, “ Affection lives on Faith, —Write soon!” H.S.
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 217, 28 October 1874, Page 2
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154“WHITE SOON.” Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 217, 28 October 1874, Page 2
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