AN INITIAL LETTER.
A maiden from the banks of Y Was walking by the D, And, glancing round, her coal-black I A comely youth did 0. Then, curtseying, she said to E, “ Tell me, I beg of U, O, comely youth, from whence U B ? ” Said E “ I come from Q. “ On week days I drink double X, 00 Sundays, 0 D V ; You see these cause no ill F X My name is N R E.” (Ilia name was N R E, E Z, And hers was M L E). “You’ve broke my peace, 0 M L E, Of mind, Love’s sharp R O Doth pierce my heart; I’ll cross the C, To pine in 0 I 0.” “O, NEE go not A Y, 1 cannot part with E ; I’d marry you at once, F I Thought you had £ s v.” E’d not. She died in East SX, And ho in 0 Y E. There needs no moral to N X, Nor sign an L E G.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 366, 22 March 1881, Page 3
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168AN INITIAL LETTER. Temuka Leader, Issue 366, 22 March 1881, Page 3
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