A LA PLUS BELLE.
■I said lo the rose: “1 w'ou’d twine a flower In a chaplet fit for my lady’s brow ; I’ll cull the buds and leaves ia thy bower ; i Their beauty and perfume will charm her now.' 1 ' But I thought of her coral lips, and then I left the rose in its native glen, I said to the lily: “ Pifon art so fair, ’Tweje meet that thy delicate bells should peal -In the coronal I wreath for her, And beauty and fragrance ar.d grace reveal But I thought of her soul where white thoughts d well. And the lilies were left in their native dell ! ’Twere vain to glean from the world of flowers A posy to mark my heart’s esteem; In vain do I seek, through the livelong hours, A gift that fitting for her I deem. So I’ll whisper to her that 1 need not cull The flowers to render her beautiful.
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Temuka Leader, 26 February 1880, Page 3
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158A LA PLUS BELLE. Temuka Leader, 26 February 1880, Page 3
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