The First Gray Hair.
BY J. N. SUTTHEWS. And thou hast come at last, Thou baleful issue of the buried years — Sad fruitage of the past — Boot-nutured in a loam of hopes and fears ; I hail thee, but I hate thee, lurking there, Thou first gray hair. Thou soft and silken coil. Thou milk-white blossom in a midnight tresg, Out from the alien soil I'll pluck thee in thine infant tenderness, As the rude husbandman uproots the tare, Thou fiist gray hair. Of all the fleecy flock, Thou art the one to loathe and to despise ; The cheat within the shock, The moM that on the early harvest lies, The mildew on the blossoms of the pear — The first gray hair. And thou the Judas art, The tatter of old Time, who doth betray The weary, worn-out heart, Ere yet we dare to dream of its decay ; Thou art a hint of wreck beyond repair, The first gray hair.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1812, 16 February 1884, Page 2 (Supplement)
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159The First Gray Hair. Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1812, 16 February 1884, Page 2 (Supplement)
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