DISTRUST.
»■ ■ An oak it grew, t lu the wild woods free, A sturdy honest tree; . It’s heart was sound, 3 Its branches round, Gave shelter close and true. An ivy sprung, 1 From u seed chance flung, Glanced at the sturdy stem ; With strong desire, With heart on tiro, Round the rough bark it clung. The old tree smiled, At the wild wood child, And said "be only true ; Keep hold your grip, And do not slip, I’ll ne’er be false to you.” Thus time apace, Went on its rare, The oak tree true to its word, llrlil lovingly still, Through good and ill, To tlie vine chance sprung from tin sward. Tins did not last, For a keen rougli blast, I’roved the ivy had no grip ; It Jiud no heart, Ivy thought ’twas smart. And it let the old oak slip. Now on the ground, It lies around, Searching an oak to grasp ; One cannot say, Rut one tine day, A sturdier tree it may clasp.
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Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 2, Issue 61, 30 November 1878, Page 3
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167DISTRUST. Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 2, Issue 61, 30 November 1878, Page 3
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