A TARANAKI IDYLL.
" Diccbam tibi, Galla, sencscinms" JJUSONIUS D*ar lady, tell mo \ do, I pray, What 16 the nia^o art By wuich you kuep finii'a hand away From countei ance a id heart? Sly vapid surely means some harm, Aud keeps you always younur To try some now un*t potaut charm By poeta i et unsuux. Sbto aiswored me, "To tell the truth I hay« no oharm nor Bpetl, Buc if I utiil preserve my youth Ir i-i beca is 1 1 dwell la i rir& aki. where, you know, Tira« moves with sluggwh p^ce ; Indeed his course ia far too slow To iedch a girlish f ice. ••And." she continued, " thus 'tis plain fioft Bleep uilaj 8 all strife, Wtnl • age ia looks comes on by paia And roil of acivo life. Bat wo in I aranaki spend The rao4 of life in eleep, Aud for this reason to thy end Our youthful looks we keep." O E. Hugo.
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Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 192, 19 February 1887, Page 1
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160A TARANAKI IDYLL. Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 192, 19 February 1887, Page 1
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