A Dilemma.
To write, or not to write, that is the question. Whether if; is nobler in the mind to suffer The reputation of being asked by A young lady to write in her autograph album, And having kept the book two years, more of - less, And then not written in it — Or to take the pen against a host of doubta and fears, And, by once writing, end them ? To start — to write — To write I— perchance to make a blot— Ay, there's the rub ; For in that darksome blot what feelings are Shown forth — nervousness, distrust of self, And many others ! — Not as "When one is writing to his girl, for then If he should make a blot, he draws a line 'Bound it, and says U wa3 intentional, and meant to mark A place where he did kiss. And she Believes the yarn, and kissea it and thinkg That she ia happy. — Boston Globe.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1839, 19 April 1884, Page 5 (Supplement)
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157A Dilemma. Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1839, 19 April 1884, Page 5 (Supplement)
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