Fickle Frauds.
Umbrella, novellete and shawl, He carried one and carried all, And gave the lady his free hand To help her down upon the sand. The huge umbrella lent its shade To grateful man and gracioua maid ; With all the world quite close at hand, They felt alone upon the sand. Some flimsiest web that fiction weaves She read ; he idly turned the leavea, And so it happened that their hands Touched now and then upon the Bands. Her shawl was fluttered by the breeze, And both essayed the folds to seize ; And so it happened that their hands Met once again upon the sands. She did not mean it should be 30, But he forget to let her's go ; And she forgot to claim her hand, And thus they sat, upon the sand. The book-was closed, the shawl blew wide f And as they sat there side by side They both agreed to fast lock hands And walk together o'er life's sanda. Some weeks passed by, and both again Were seated by the sighing main ; Alas 1 he held another's hands, Another her's, upon the sands.
— Nancy Y. Culbertsoii.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1863, 14 June 1884, Page 2 (Supplement)
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