CONSTANCY.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 479, 11 June 1890, Page 8

CONSTANCY.

(phey liar! loved. in summer fusliinn ; With a siqile— Parted, \vith some sho\v of passion, Fn* awhile. ;Now ? with dainty, saddened In s<eet Kentiimmlnl droaminev Forth from onttjie bouse she wandererl, flu him, tljo absent, ponejefedj fl) P'H G } sY e }'"' i ‘Py ]G ; fi Stay thv wings. brighf.-bandefl rover, Restless Bed Qofne and jyhispef pf my lovor Unto me. Tell pie, will he love pie ever ? Will |iis heart he faithless never? Shall opr two souls, hpund together— Bonne} iishy p gplderj tether— Love pncgasingly ?” Then the. Bee, with honey lac^n. Stayed its flight—• Answered thus the inpsing piaiden—■ “Rady bright, Von are fsi'r, but there are fairer I Ffevy ;r charms are e u er rarer! ividi fresh blossom is the pweeted 1 Each new bliss fs the coiqpletest I Keenest ffesj] delight!” He ? rpe inwhile, in pnood poetic, Mused on ljer ; Jp Ijjs breist thought ß bqlf-putbetjc Were astir. ‘‘She looked so pretty when \v:e parted, I vow I’m alj hot broken-hearted ! This time my love in love unchanging. ; An end has come to all my ranging Now, I dp ayer !” ' “Tell me, Breeze, so poffcly playing Cri my cheek. If, amid your varied straying. You might' seek , For a type of maiden youthful., Tender, constant, sweet and truthful, * "VVnuld you not, my love deserving, pall l]er mine, jn faith undying ? I pray'ycu, speak"!” .Quoth fie Breeze, witl) laughter hidden In its tone, ‘‘Love may come and go unhidden, As you’ve known ! Latest whispers qre the clearest; Best heard sighs are uttered nearest; .Ardent vows, when warrqlv spoken, Qutvveight promises half-broken E’er a year has flown 1” This romance was of last season—■ Long ago. That both have since returned to reason This may show—lip now wooes a d.qk-eyed heiress! She will shortly be a peeress ! And should weak regrets distress thenq They successfully repress them, As is c.omme il femt !