"TUB GRAVE IN THE FOREST."

Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1636, 30 December 1882, Page 5

"TUB GRAVE IN THE FOREST."

They Saricdhim deep, in the cold, wet ground, In the sill) and ailent wood, A. lingo tree throw its shadow round IKb grave obscure, and the heaving mound, Seemed purplo with his blood. All silent they hid the murderous steel, That shed that gcntlo life ; And the partner, that for woe or we.nl, Had ta'en his hand, and a holy seal, < Had mado a loving wife. Full long must wait for a husband's kiss, From the lord she held so dear, Ah 1 ne'er again will she taste the bliss, Of the love of her lovo, and her lovo she'll miss, In a flood of anxious fear. Full long will she wait, as the years roll by, . Till her hah* is silver'd with; age ! She'll count the hours with a weary sigh, And tho days and the weeks — till Death come nigh, To turn tho weary page. And tho nnu'dor'd man, in his grave so cold, Sleeps in that silent wood ; And children shiver — no longer bold, Ah ! many a dreadful tale 4s told, Of ghastly strife and Wood. The moon-beams tremble as they fall ' Upon that blood-stained mound, Tho birds each other more fcoftly call, And tho leaves of the trees, and the flowers and all, Seem to weep o'er tho enrsed ground. F. J. Broomfield, Kyneton.