SELECT POETRY.
A /fODERN STORY. Nay./tis thy wedding day 1 Thovkaxißt be blithe to-day ; Glady the bells shall ring, Gaiy shall children tling Roses andprimroses for thee to tread. Qiick to thy chamber get, Bit on thy coronet j jloom of the orange-tree Aight well beeometh thee j . Proudy thy chosen one waits thee to wed. / Standest thou silent there? / Wherefore thou vacant stare ? ' Pole are thy cheeks and cold, / And by thy face is told Something of sadness, and something of rue , Can, then, winged memory Yet bear thee mournfully .Back to those days of bliss, Ere with a bitter kiss He whom thou lovest last bid thee adieu? Worthy he was of thee, Poor though he chanced to be ; Long he is gone, and so Maybe he's dead, you know ; So ltt him buried be : turn to thy lord. What if to-morrow bring Sorrow and murmuring T Eiches and title heal Wounds that our spirits feel ; All that Is costly thy lord can afford. _ So to thy chamber get, Put on thy coronet, All things waiting thee ; Try arid smile happily, Let not thy face thy heart's sadness record.
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Tuapeka Times, Volume VI, Issue 270, 3 April 1873, Page 8
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191SELECT POETRY. Tuapeka Times, Volume VI, Issue 270, 3 April 1873, Page 8
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