SELECT POETRY.
A LESSON ON PHYSICS. You see her in the merry danceShe seems to fly ; But you don't see that rapid glance From her bright eye Flash through the long and crowded room; He only sees that glance* to whom Jt brings felicity : That's electricity I They dance' together, full of grace,. She clings so close ; And on bis. shoulder rests fcer f ace — A blushing rose i in that hour seems doubly sweet, They see it through a rosy prism. ; Their hands so, long aud often meet : That's galvanism/ The night has come to him, but still No sleep has brought - % To her, though quite against his will, Flies every thought ! In vain a struggle is with facts ; In vain is all such heroism Too powerfully she attracts ; Tliqps inagnetisnx-1
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Tuapeka Times, Volume I, Issue 22, 11 July 1868, Page 5
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132SELECT POETRY. Tuapeka Times, Volume I, Issue 22, 11 July 1868, Page 5
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