MY FATE.
Staticians say that the members of the male and female sex are so nearly equal as to make it possible for every man to have a wife. O careless I've rambled miles many a score, And many strange scenes have passed through ; Have basked in the sunshine of beautiful eyes, Brown, hazel, soft grey, and sweet blue. But heartwhole I've passed by tho dazzling
throng, No love-pangs have e'er damped my glee ; But still as I roam I dream with delight Of the lasbis that's waiting for me. 0 joys matrimonial for me have no charms, For with sorrow I think of the bills ; And the dread of a squalling brat bawling all
night My mind with a deep terror thrills. Yet, Bismillah, I groan as I bow to my fate. For I know that my weird I maun dree ; And I pray that nor fruitful nor dressy will
prove The la&sia that's waiting for me. 0 grant that the evil hour long is delayed E'er I take her for better and worse ; When I'm feeble and old then I shall not object To welcome so tender a nurse. Wherever I roam a s weet face haunts me ntiU, On land and upon the broad sea ; 1 feel not alone when she siuilc3 in my dreams — The lassie that's waiting for me.
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Tuapeka Times, Volume I, Issue II, 2 January 1869, Page 6
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224MY FATE. Tuapeka Times, Volume I, Issue II, 2 January 1869, Page 6
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