BERRYING.
On one dewy autuma morning — Call it fate, or what you wil! — Half a score oi lals md mii (ens Went a-berrying o'^r the hill ; And it somehow changed thjit Kitty — Pretty little Kilty Lee, Just the sweetest little fairy — Picked from tbe same bush as me. And the juicy berries crimsoned Kitty's little finger-tips, Till they matched in winy richness The wild crimson of her lips ; And the rippling sunshine, mingling With the soft autumnal air, Netted with their fairy fingers Golden meshes in her hair. Filmy lace and soft blue ribbons L>ke a halo found her float, With the daintiest little ruffles Running round her snowy throat ; And her smile — ah, how it thrilled me With a tend*)!-, happy awe — Oh, she is tbe sweetest fairy That you eve<', ever saw ! " Nonsense ?" Ah, you never saw her, Or you would haye wisheJ with me That you were a ripened berry, To be picked by Kitty Lee ! But what use to tell the story ? You have guessed ifc long ago ; Little witch ! — ls she, I wonder, Glad as I thafc ifc is so ? " Thought I knew the ses ?" Ah, yes ; but I had never then, you see, Rambled through the new— mown me-idows, Berrying with Kitty Lee. Should this meet thd eye of any Just such self-conceited churls, Take my waruin — never venture Out a-berryiag wifch the girU !
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Southland Times, Issue 1729, 18 April 1873, Page 2 (Supplement)
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230BERRYING. Southland Times, Issue 1729, 18 April 1873, Page 2 (Supplement)
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