NELLIE.
Weep not! Coll her not dead. She was but nine years old; Her hair fell like a cataract of gold ; Faced was she like a seraph from the first. Perchance foretokening that she would burst The bonds that held her down from heaven ere long. She left off singing in her matin-song. Weep not ! "Weep not I She passed from happy home to happy home: Her little feet no leisure found to roam Into the brambles round the path of lire ; She had no time to tasto the pain and strife That damp and rust and mildew woman's years, With achool-girl's.lover 'a, wife's and mother's ■ teirc. "Weep not ! "Weep not! She is not dead, but sleeps. Who would not sleep Bather than work and weary, waste aad weep Here in life's fever, faction, fear, and fret? Her cheeks and lashes never will be wet : He called her ere her heart had learned to ache; He loved her much, and took her for her sake. Weep not ! rOTTGLAS B. W. StABKN (Author of " Australian Lyrics.")
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Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 163, 31 July 1886, Page 5
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175NELLIE. Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 163, 31 July 1886, Page 5
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