Poetry.
THE LADY'S "YES." [BY EMHABETH HARRIET BROWNING.] " Yes 1" I answered you last night; " No I" thia morning, air, I aay; Colors seen by candle light Will not look the same by day. When the tabors played their best, Laughs above and laughs below, "Love me," sounded like a jest, Pit for " Yes," or fit for " No ! " Call me false, or call me freeVow whatever light may shine; No man on thy fall shall see Any grief or change on mine. Yet the sin is on us both — Time to dance is not to woo ; Wooer light makes fickle troth; Scorn of me recoils on you ! Learn to win a lady's faith Nobly, as the thing is high; Bravely, as for life or death, With a loyal gravity. Lead her from the festive boards. Point her to the starry skies : Guard her by your trustful words, Pure from courtship's flatteries. By your truth she shall be true, Ever true, as wives of yore; And her " Yes I " once said to you, Shall be " Yes I" for evermore. —(S. F. Nems Letter.)
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Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1672, 24 March 1883, Page 1 (Supplement)
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182Poetry. Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1672, 24 March 1883, Page 1 (Supplement)
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