Gems of Verse.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 187, 10 August 1901, Page 3

Gems of Verse.

o The constant drop of water Wears away the hardest stone ; Tho constant gnaw of Towcer Masticates the toughed bane ; The constant cooing lover Carries off theb lushing maid, And the constant advev.i er Is the one who gets the trade. Mary h,\d a spanking biVe— She rode it out in " bocks " The jeers she heard Bne didn't like, So now she rides in frocks. THE SUMMONS.

He hnard a call from out the skies, A call distinct and clear : He heard a summons to arise From slothful dulniiss here, He h;ard a oall to rise and show The way to ncbler things, To mount in glory from be;ow, On fame's wide spreading wings— Aud^ waking then, wi'h many a yawn And many a drowsy blink, Be heard his wife say, " ap, John, The baby wants a drink." AN ADVENTURE. Three smart young men and three nice girls, Ail lovers true as steel— Dcoided, in a friendly way, To spend the day a-wheel. They started in the early morn, And nothing seemed amiss ; And when th.jy reached the loafj lanes They in. like rode twos this !

They wandered by the verdant dule, Beside the rippling rill; The Bun uhono brightly all the while ; They he >rd the song bird's trill. They spud through many u woodland g'ade, And whea they rested ia the shade Thoysat- intwos like his !

Tho Eim went down and evening csmo, A Jot too soon, they s»id : Ti.-o long they tarrifd on the way, Tho cloud- grew buck oYrhoad. Down dashed tho i\.in ; ihey homeward Till one unlucky miss -lipped sidewise—Crash 3 Great Scott ! WeftretwiHisse<iin.iiikethiß !