BEAUTIFUL SIN.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1184, 25 October 1882, Page 2

BEAUTIFUL SIN.

Beautiful uln. with eyes cast down, And her braided hair so glossy and brown ; I sue her still ua she passes away, The fairest face I have seen to day. With a look, though lowly and meek to M9 t Royal and proud as a queen might be. Beautiful sin with her eyes cant down, Aik! her jewelled arm. and her costly gown, Hlttinif alone in the lustrous light. The fairest face I have seen to-night, I ut'.u her still, as the rnueiu pleads— Beautiful all, but the li e she leads. Rhe went from our villaire years ago, Cast out by her kindred to bear her woe ; And she knew rue well in the crowded street, I know her now that airain we meet I And ah, that maiden, fit heir for a crown, Must meet luy gaze with her eyes cast down. The munlc swells, and the musio falls, And peals in proud pewns along tho walls ; But I only think of a guileless host, Killed by the shame of a daughter lost * And a mother's too-qulnkly silvered head, Who weeps for a daughter worse than dsad. Ant! say, does sorrow not dwell within His heart that tempted her steps to sin ? No I Pleasure with mirth in his soul stiil blends, I can see him there ranged around with friends ; It seemeth ill that the felon should go, “But the world is Judge—and it Judgvth so." The music swells, and the music falls, And Its last notes wail to tho lofty walls ; Beautiful win, it Is time to go homo, Outcast of Aidenn—wulf of the foam ; Who, in life’s agony—evor will hie, To lean his head on thy breast and die. Beautiful Bin, with her eyes cast down, And her braided hair so glossy and brown ; 1 see her still as she passes away, The fairest face I have seen to-day. With u look, though lowly and meek to mo, Royul and proud as u queen might be.