Gems of Verse.
The constant drop ot water Wearß away the hardest stone ; The constant'snaw of Towner Masticates the toughest bone; The constant cooing lover Carries Oil the blushing unaid, And the constant advertiser la the one who gets the trade fiUDAY, 21flX NOVJSMBEB. TIME'S BALM. When first I met the fair Marie, Mygmittep heart at once surrendered, And in a week, with eager haste, My love and all I have I tendered, Marie was very calm and cool, Though I was groatly agitated, And when I came away—lefused— To endless anguish I felt fatsd. But, oh, since then so many girls I've seen far prettier, sweeter, brighter. That all their loveliness has made My load of woe distinctly lighter I In fact, since she said " No," I've met ' A lonely girl whora J/l^;beJter,, Aud now, I.think, "Thank heaven I didn't get her." Journal.
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 156, 23 January 1902, Page 3
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144Gems of Verse. Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 156, 23 January 1902, Page 3
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