TWO LOVERS.
Two lovers by a moss grown spring : They leaned soft cheeks toother there, ,Mingkd the dark and sunny hair, And heard the wooing thrushes sing. O budding time ! O love's best prime ! Two wedded from the portal stept ? The bells made happy earrollings. The air was soft as fanning wiogs, While petals on the pathway slept. 3£ O pure-eyed bride ! O tender pride ! T-wo faefs o'er a cradle benfc : Two hands above the head were locked ; These, pressed each other while they rocked — * Those watched a life that love had sent. O solemn hour ! O hidden power ! Two parents by the evening fire : The red light fell about the>r knees On heads that rose by slow degrees Like buds upon the lilly spire. O patient life ! , strife ; The two still sat together there, The red light shone about their knees : But all the heads by slow degrees Had gone and left that lonely pair. O voyage fast ! O vanished past ! The red light shone upon the floor And made the space between them wide ; They drew their chairs up side by side, Their pale cheeks joined, and said " Once more." O memories ! O past that is ! Geokge Eliot.
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Tuapeka Times, Volume VII, Issue 378, 1 August 1874, Page 4
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200TWO LOVERS. Tuapeka Times, Volume VII, Issue 378, 1 August 1874, Page 4
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