THEN AND NOW.
She stood on a marble terrace, Th« in lonb^am* round her fell She is looking sad ami lonely, Strange mood for * leaion'f bell*. JB or jewels ar© bright and sparkling, Tuey are diamonds, rich and raw, The streaming light fro n the ball-room Fulls on her yellow hair. The notes of a waltz comes ateahng Out through, tlw open door, And she thinks b-w the and Charlie Danced it a year before. And the nujht winda toft.ly blowing. The rosws •melting swe^t, All orinjbttlc the time wben Charlie Laid hii heirt at her teat. He vf h B|<ered the old old etorj Of lores ne'er dying bleji*, She laughed and gave him a r x>obud, A roaebud — >md * td»B. And now she's to we d Lord Alwjndc, Aud Churlir'a far »wa>. Would »ho rather be as she W'i3 tlien, Or be as f^he is to-day. There* a step upon the term •••, She know-. it'» Lori Alwyttl.' ; Bhe turug. her face ia wreadied in sunifi And learei her put beluueL Alfitndn. F. B.
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Waikato Times, Volume IX, Issue 522, 23 September 1875, Page 2
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175THEN AND NOW. Waikato Times, Volume IX, Issue 522, 23 September 1875, Page 2
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