PIETY A LA MODE.
Last Sunday Dolly came to cbur,-h, And in an ancient pew Leaned back as if she fain would hide Her loveliness from view. Though well she knew— the little witch Those shadows must enhance The bloom upon her wild-ros e cheek, The brightness of her glance, In stole the w intry sun and touched Her loosened curls with gold ; Down from the painted window bent An angel, hands afold. And wide pale wings of silver light, That seamed to breathe a prayer For Dolly's young unconscious heart, And leave a blessing there. The tenor r angr all out of tune ; The parson sighed, and grew Inclined to take " Love " for a text, As parsons sometimes do ; And every 1 d about her fell To planning, with a smile, A wedding march with her to walk Beside him down the aisle. While saintly Dolly, sitting in A rapt and pensive pose. Like one with dreams of holy things, Designed her summer clothes. M.E.W., in "Harper's Magazine" for A
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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 376, 12 June 1889, Page 4
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171PIETY A LA MODE. Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 376, 12 June 1889, Page 4
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