Ladies Express.
MY LOVE. Her gentle hand in mine I would not fold, Nor touch with one caress her crown of gold ; I would not stir with any thought of me Her deep, untroubled peace and purity. She stands above me on a height serene, My purely worshipped, consecrated queen ; Too precious far I hold the girlish life To startle it with whispered name of wife. Love yet shall light for me her violet eyes, Her tinted cheek proclaimeth love’s surprise ; But now to touch the fold of her attire With reverence, is all that I desire. “ I’ll take your arm, Miss Ida, please, Good faith I’ve need to cling to.” “Good faith, indeed !” said she, “but then, My arm is not the thing to Impart you that!” Responded he, With lips that ne’er denied her, “ Good faith is bona fide girl, And this is bone of Ida.”
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume IX, Issue 927, 19 March 1881, Page 2
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148Ladies Express. Poverty Bay Standard, Volume IX, Issue 927, 19 March 1881, Page 2
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