THE TALE OF LIFE.
Man is to-day what man was yesterday - Will be to morrow ; let him curse or pray Drink or bo dull, he learns not nor shall learn The lesson that will laugh tho world away. The] world as grey or just as golden shines ; Tho wine as sweet or just as bitter flows For you as me ; and you, like me, may find Perfume or canker in the reddest rose. The tale of lifo is hard to understand ; But while the cup waits ready to your hand Drink, and declare the summer roses blow* As red in London as in Samaroand. ' , , Lip 3 are as sweet to kiss and oyesas bright As ever flattered Omar with delight ; Ensrlishor Persian, while the mouth is fair, What can it mattor how it says good night? Justin McCarthy,
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Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 192, 19 February 1887, Page 3
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138THE TALE OF LIFE. Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 192, 19 February 1887, Page 3
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