Select Poetry.

Colonist, Volume IV, Issue 347, 15 February 1861, Page 4

Select Poetry.

; HAD YOU EVER A~COtJSIN?~ Had you ever a cousin, Tom ? ' Did your cousin happen to sing ? Sisters we've all by the dozen, Tom, T ' But a cousin's a different thing : 'And you'll find, if you ever had kissed her, Torn :; / (But let this be a secret between us) ' ' ■ That your lips would have been in a blister, Tom For they'ie not of the sister genus. ' ' There is something, Tom, in a sister's ]jp f . When you give her a good-night kiss, That savours so much of relationship, That nothing occurs amiss; But a cousin's lip, if you once unite 1* Tith yours, in the quietest way, Instead of sleeping a wink that night, You'll be dreaming the following day. And people think it no haim, Tom, With a cousin to hear you talk; And no one feels any alarm, Tom, At a quiet cousinly walk; , But Tom, you'll soon find, for I happen to tnow That such walks often go into straying,. ~ ... ' - And the voices of cousins aio sometimes so low Heaven only knows what you'll be saving! And then there happened so often, Tom, ■ > Soft pressure of hands and fingers, And looks that were moulded so often, Tom And tones on which memory lingers; Thaf- long ere the walk is half over, those strings Of your heart are all pufc into play, By the voice of those fair, demi-sisterly things , In not quite the most brotherly way. ' ,:,■"■ And the song of a sister may bring to you.i Tom . , Such tones as th<} angels woo, ■ r ' ;... But I fear if your cousin should binjj to you, Tom You'll take her for an angel tpo ;| >( . r For. so curious a note is that note of theirs, ' ' .-That you'll fancy the voice that gave it Has been all the while singing the National Airs Ins'.ead of the P»alms of David. I once had a cousin who sung, Tom, Awl her name may be nameless now, , . But the sourd of, those songs is still young, Tom. Though we are no longer so. 'Tis folly to dream of- ,a bower' of green When there is not a leaf on the tree ; But 'twixt walking and 'singing, that cousin has been, God forgive her, the ruin of inc. And now I care nought for society, Tom, : And lead a most anchorite life, , For T've lov'd myself into sobriety, Tom, r And out of the wish for a wife ; But oh, if I said but half what t might say, So sad were the lessen 'twould give, That 'twould keep you from loving for many a day And" from cousins—as long as you live. —Nautical Magazine.

(Boferrorat" Sotictt.* WEIGHTS. AND MEASURES.— T T NOTICE ia liereby giv«n that all persons • desirous of comparing their Yard Measures cau do so by bringing them to the Weights and Measures Office, Bayrack-squafe : and any person buying or Belling by any'other than a stamped Yard Measure after the 15th February'next.will render themselves liable to a penalty of £5. , 147 HENRY, CLOUSTEN. : ilkeltafltts. TF this should meet the eye of ALFRED -1- BELL, late of 35, Old Bond-street, London, his Mother and Friends will be glad if he will communicate with them. His sister Amelia died 30th September, 1859. - v Anyone knowing anything of the said Alfred Bell, who started frojn Nelson for the gold diggings, Massacre Bay, on sth Febtuary, 1858, and will write to Mrs. BELL,' 1 Campden House Road, Kensington, London, will confer a great favor on his anxious fiiends. 32 [A CARD.] MRS. BARTON (late Miss Sharpe), ITJ- DRESSMAKER, Brook-street. * i&3 , a grigulturalTssogiation.— •*•*• The Committee having resolved that there shall be a PRIZE EXHIBITION of LIVE STOCK and GRAIN on some day in autumn, afterwards to be fixed by the Committee; PRIZES are intended to be given for the following STOCK. ' CLASS A. Entire Draught Horses—first, second and third prize. Entire Horses, best adapted for the production of weight-carrying hacks—first and second prize. Draught Mares—first, second, and third prize Weight-carrying Saddle Mares—fiist and second prize. Draught Colts, under two years old—first and second prize. Ditto ditto, under one year old—first and second prize. Ditto Fillies, under two years old—first and second prize. Ditto ditto, under one year old—first and second prize. Draught Geldings—first and second prize. Be9t Entire Pony—one prize. Ditto Pony Mare—one prize. CLASS B. Bulls—first, second, and third prize Yearling Bulls—first "and second prize. Cows, in milk—fiist, second, and third prize. Ditto, net in milk—first and second prize. • ' • ' ■ Heifers, under two years old—first and second prize.' Pair of Working Bullocks—first and second prize, CLASS C. . ' •' Rams—first, secondhand third prize. . Pen of Five Ewes—first, second, and third prize. Pen of Five Lambs, under one "year old—first and second prize. CLASS D. Boars—first and second prize. Sows, with Pigs—first and second prize. Ditto, without Pigs—first aiid second prize. CLASS E. " ' , Poultry—for which various prizes will be given. CLASS F.1 • Prizes will-also be given for"' the best samples of Wheat, Barley, Oats, White and Hog Peas, Hops, ' Grass Seeds of various kinds, Swedish and other' Turnips, Mangold Wurzel, Carrots,- Parsnips, • ' early and late Potatoes.-'Also, for Cheese, Salt\ and Fresh Butter, Agricultural Implements, aud A <■ t Machihery.' Extra prizes will be given for any meritorious Stock ■ or produce not above specified, at the discretion of the Committee. v , , - The Members of the Association are requested to pay their Subscription for the present year to any of, the Members of the Committee, Messrs. Saunders, Barnicoat, R. Eden, and W. M'ttae, Wairaea East; J. Bird, Waiinea South; Wastney, sen., Suburban North; J. Kerr, sen., Waimea West, and the undersigned. FEDOR KELLING, Honorary Secretary. xroTzca. " TO SUBSCRIBERS AND ADVERTISERS. HHHE COLONIST, published every Tuesday and A Friday morning, ia regularly forwarded to England. Sydney, Melbourne, Geelong; Adelaide, Queensland, Tasmania, and circulated throughout Australia generally. Parties desirous of having the " Summary for Europe and Australia" posted to their friends abroad, may send their addresses to this office, which will be promptly attended to. It is particularly requested that any irregularity in the delivery of this paper, may be notified at this Office, in order that steps may be taken to prevent a recurrence of the annoyance. > The terms for advertisements are as under:— Eight lines . . .£0 V 0 Every line above eight 0 0 3 Every subsequent insertion will be charged one-half of the above prices. Every advertisement not exceeding fifteen words will be charged at the uniform rate of Is. for each insertion. Quarterly Advertisers will be charged according to a scale to be ascertained on application, at tin's office. ,

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