LILY-SWASH.
' ANJESTHETIC POEM; ■ ':■'• ~4 Lush grow the weeds 'neath tho churchyard wall • (Oh, what is the warty toad to me ?) ' Grimalkin gibbers his wild, weird call • (Oh, what is tbo warty toad to me?)' Stealthy tho vampiro chews tho maid •". (Oil, what is the warty to«d to mo') Thei wash-fiend croons o'er- hor bill unpaid • ■:■ (OlijWhatisthewarty.toadtomo?) . ' Dank is the blossom of ripe d?cay (Oh, what is tho warty toad to me') Tl.ici sickly lifo of a twice, damned play • .(Oh, what Is tho warty toad to me?)' Hair and hones, yet no form divine- - . (Oh, what is the warty toad to mo Y\ Shanks false, and tresses of ladye myne ' ..Gargleandwdlb, sweet toau;,forracV, • •'
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1055, 22 April 1882, Page 1 (Supplement)
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113LILY-SWASH. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1055, 22 April 1882, Page 1 (Supplement)
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