THE OLD WEDDING-RING.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 3, Issue 251, 27 November 1914, Page 3 (Supplement)

THE OLD WEDDING-RING.

It wnb niadi', they said, from the tfuiuva jjolu, Tour little ring, so frail and old: Jt is worn to u thread, for, ah! it hu«i khouh A world ol love, and re«rets outgrown.

As I look at the ring, so fragile, ho trail, That shines on my hand wink, I nJiisncr my talc, ' J stood the delicate thread to lei* lor it breathes anew of li* !,vcd-o,t bliss.

And could 1 go back to the yews that nave passed, With the tender look that she wore to the last, My grandmother's face, uprising fair, Would smile ms if list'uing to Love's bweet prayer.

U.v th o o.eau she lived, and loved, and wed, And beside it her first glad vows wore said, .While 'mid chorus of billows that singing broke, b It was there the voice of her future spoke. Ah, well:-,he vanished a long time a s°; SJie ll;i(1 J°vs and regrets that wo nil must know ; but she sleeps with her lover, in chanirr. less repose, And perchance reiue.'ubets it all. Who knows Y -A.G.M.