Poetry.
A LOVE-PROMISE. A SUJIMEK EVENING &ONG. At lhat calm hour them lov'st tho best, When daylight sof lly closes, When bivds fly, wenvy-winged, to ros>t, And Eve shuts up the roses — V At that clear hour of Nature's hush, When zephyr scavco is sighing, And lingering tints of roseate blush Aie in the westward dying — When heart to heart most warmly ope, To loves tho fondest clinging ; When memories, and fears, and hopes, And orisons ivro springing — I'll think how often, wending slow, That happy hour hath seen us ; And breathe thy name in accents low, Though oceans roll hotwoen us. Ah 1 yes ; though Time's cold tide shall flow, Absence and distance aiding, And try to chill what seems to glow Too warm— too bright for fading ; At that loved hour wo oft have met ; Still soft as daylight closes, Thou'lt steal on my lcmombrancc yet, As dew upon tho robes. — Chambas' Journal.
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Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1598, 30 September 1882, Page 1
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155Poetry. Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1598, 30 September 1882, Page 1
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