Ladies' Express.
DISAPPOINTMENT.
No, no, love, then art not blameful, Tho’ a shadow hath darkened my life ; I brand not thy name as shameful, Tho’ I never may call thee wife.
Thy lips will not follow the fashion, And in half-jesting pity e’er speak Of a man’s mature, soul-filling passion As only a boy’s fickle freak.
I offered to you open-hearted All that a man can bestow — Love, strong and deep as a river, Ceaseless and calm in its iiow.
I charge you with womanly honour My secret to loyally keep ; Buried deep down in your bosom — Evermore tliere let it sleep.
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume IX, Issue 913, 29 January 1881, Page 2
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102Ladies' Express. Poverty Bay Standard, Volume IX, Issue 913, 29 January 1881, Page 2
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