THE LITTLE WIFE AT HOME
I asked the merchant—his wealth was largo, And high wai his tvime an-l state — By what magic spell he had ever won His home and his fortune great. "You'll find it, my boy, 'fcho merchant said, 4ln n 0 mystical, musty tome ; But the talisman that nas ma le my life Is •• the Little Wife at Home." I was sojre^y more than a happy hi When I started out in life, With only a dollar or two laid by, And a dear and devote 1 wifo. But whene'er I was tempted to go astray, To idle, complain, or roam, I always thought— and it kept me true— Of tho Little W#e at Home.
The Jman who will work for a place and name Must steady and honest be, "With temperate waya, find a brave, sioat heart., And a likirgfor industry forx Bat there's one thing more that will holp him Whatever may chance to come — To remember he's working all the time For the Little Wife at Home!
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Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 239, 28 January 1888, Page 2
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173THE LITTLE WIFE AT HOME Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 239, 28 January 1888, Page 2
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