A WOMAN'S HEART.

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 161, 17 July 1886, Page 1

A WOMAN'S HEART.

Do you know you have asked fcr the costliest thinpr Ever asked by the hand above, — A woman's Jieait, and a oivan .s life, And a woman's \\ onderf ul live ? Do you know you have j^kid for this priceless thing As a child iniurht ab'-c for a toy, Demanding vrh.it others ha\ c (bed to win With the reckless dash of a boy ? You have written mv Ie-son of duty outMen like you luta o qne-tioned unjNow stand at the bat' ol in" woman's soul Until I shall question theo. You require yoiu mutton shn 1 always be hot, Your socks and shirts be w hole : ' I require your heart to be true as God'q stars, And pure us God's heavens j our soul. You require a cool: for your mutton and beef, I require a much greater thing ; A sempstress j ou're wanting for socks and shirts, I lock for a man and a kin^ A king for the beautiful realm eallcd Home And a man that his Maker, God Shall look upon, as lie did on the first And say it is very good. I am fair and young, hut the roso will fade Iroin my soft j ounu: cheek one day • Will you love me then mid the falling leaves As you did mid ihe blossoms of Muy ? Isyour heart an ocean, so strong and deep Imay Juunch im all on its tide? A loving woman finds either heaven or hell The day she becomes a bride !