OUR OWN.
— Margaket !E. Sangstkk.
1 1' 1 had known in thc.inorning How wcai'ily all the day The words unkind Would trouble my mind ' I said when you wont away — 1 hud been more cai cful. darlim?. Nor given you needless pain ; But we vex " our o\\ n " ' Wilh look and tone We might never take back again, For though in the quiet evening You may give 'me a kiss of peace, ' SSetS r et it mitflitbe That never for me The pain of heart should cease. How many go forth at morning Thtit never come home at night. And hearts have been broken For harsh words spoken, Thai sorrow can ne'er set ri«ht. We have careful thoughts of the strangor, And smile» for the sometime guest. iiut ofc for " our own " The bitter tone, Though we love our own, the best. Ah ! lips'w ith curve impatient. Ah ! brow with that look of scorn, ' 'Twero a cruel fate , \V'cio the nigUt. too, late . To undo the work of fho morn
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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 385, 17 July 1889, Page 3
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170OUR OWN. Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 385, 17 July 1889, Page 3
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