IDEAL BEAUTY.
Not elipn sfciee nor change of scene can wean My eoul from her, beloved in earJier days : From hex*, whobe sweet fair face aud youthful mien Retain their freshness to my spirit's %aze. Like to a beatiteouo btnv, terene and bright Though storm and darkness veil theazurebkies ; So Qoth tor presence charm ideal sight, Though stern misfortune on life's pathway Hea. And I would have it so—'tis sweeter far ■ To me. that form of amaranthine grace t That may at times the RoJden gates unbar Of that dream-paradise in sleep's embrace, Than aught on earth ;— as in a bygone age Fair Beatrice seemed In Dante's deathless page A. W. Hurry. Heloneville, January 28th. 1887.
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Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 191, 12 February 1887, Page 3
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116IDEAL BEAUTY. Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 191, 12 February 1887, Page 3
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