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SELECT POETRY.

TWO TO ONE.

i ' Do not speak of the mischievous urchin." "Was my mother's unceasing refrain ; f ' He fulfils every promise of pleasure "With shame, disappointment and pajn. Though young, when your friend he's n, serpent ; Though little, a giant, your foe." How strange ! that a child, and so naughty, To maidens full grown can work woe. Yet one evening my cousin and tJolin, Where violets bloom in the wood Like the sky shedding blue through the branches, "Were calling him all that is good. They murmured, in passionate whispers, His praises ; then worshiped anew. Till my heart beat quite fast as I listened, And I wondered which story was true. By chance (so he said) I met Eobin, And mentioned the doubt I was in. His busy black eyes became downcast. And he blushed from his hat to his chin ; " Single-handed in vain / have fought him," He sighed : "Your dear mother is right ; But the boy we together might conquer, Being tlien &w-o io one ill the S<yht." I agreed. "We began with a struggle, On sealing the bond in his way ; Next, with jealousy, heart-ache, and pouting, Love seemed to be losing the day. But his art ! spite of mother's remonstrance, Backed by cousin, how think you he won? By l educing the odds down to even, And turning us two into ONE.

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Tuapeka Times, Volume II, Issue 84, 18 September 1869, Page 6

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227

SELECT POETRY. Tuapeka Times, Volume II, Issue 84, 18 September 1869, Page 6

SELECT POETRY. Tuapeka Times, Volume II, Issue 84, 18 September 1869, Page 6

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