COUPLES.
See 1 yonder British youth, his actiw arms With bundles laden. Escorting ii a slip-shod kind o' Wty A pretty maiden. Often sh» drops a yard or two behind Before he's missed her : |Ah 1 her relationship is plain — She is his sister. And close behind the couple we rift seen Appears Another : A \onng man with a venerable dame— | <^i course, hi« mother, | For he has with a pratronising 2', [ ELdr ear enlisted,^ ? And tells htr thiags of which she w4 aware Ere hs exiattd. Another p»ir who walking . far apart -Sct-r^ cmversation — t He eyeing everything but her With admiration ; Sh», with a wenry air, and load** down With goods he should have carriw. Seems filled with care ; alaB, the fwf, is clear — Th«se two are married. One couple more ; their band* «* - slyly clasped ; The glances of sardonio 'passers-by Are all unnoted, Her eyes — tho colour th« radial sky Withiu them hovers — Look fondly into bis. Como, lit us J* These two are lovers. \
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 22, 21 July 1900, Page 4
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167COUPLES. Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 22, 21 July 1900, Page 4
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