THE WORKING DAYS.
A-woning yojjcame with youi dulcet voice, Yr\ui vi.inner so knightly "rid debonair.; "\}Ju> wwUl not pioudly have made you ''tlu-Jr choice, Whey you wove your garlands ao rich and ra»*o ? it .yav well enough in t\\e courting- time ' When tin- tongue spoke only in tuneful praise i AVifli Idve-word" set" to a silver rhyme ; It is oilier now, in the working-diiys. Coii^ ever she'drewi", tliat gentle .ariri. • Wlien > ou pU'dged her the tcmleiest cure for life, . > t That j^our brow would knit And your lip would curl When shr,jioor child, was your wedded wife? Would the pietty r^aid have been swift to yield, ftanglit in tlie,to\ls of your winning ways, J!»id a'rilt in the future's veil revealed The gloom that should felmdow the working dayt» ? , '• Tis rasv to carry the heaviest load When two share it who in mind are one, *Tis pleasant to clamber the roughest path With a friend who is cheery under every sun. Put the burden crushes the aching: heart I+"bnly the weaker that burden r&jxe, JLmI hle.-ik the pnth in thefiosl of f,«te, Wlaen jars tlfe music of working-ciays. O holiday suitor, so brave and trim, So j»»y of mien, and so wft of speech, Pray wfial is your ring: hut a fetter glim, To a wife who is learning what tjiants tea'h? Would it cost yon much, h.- r home to bless With *tl>e" love jou piomised, the love tluit stays, strength tind-a sweetness through all the stress And all the 6trajn of life's working-days!
Don't delude yourself into the belief that you are an exception as fsir as sleep is concerned; the nominal ayej age of sleep Js ei^hi liom-s.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 416, 2 November 1889, Page 8
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280THE WORKING DAYS. Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 416, 2 November 1889, Page 8
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