Poetry. "More Precious Far Than Gold."
13V L'LLir, P. BU'.K.
I. Only a dtid Foii-'gl ii'e-nol fie gsvo oue happy hour, ' "When he said " good-bye " fit the gaidcn f^ate. Only a faded llowi ! But oh, rhi q it woi fio?n ancl Hug Our glancei o'.-r it irot ; ' His eyes tue brigbt pud drjj bui iniuo With Utter leu , iv" v. ct.
ir. Oniy n fddi d llowor ! but yet What mrmoiie* round it cling ! And what/ heart broken teara have dropp'd Upon the v.itheied thing f - Lay if n,way between the caids lhat keep h-s picluico face; For ncvci moie ray feet '.^ith his Shall head the yarden place.
fc No tender heart will give me scorn, §£ For all such Ik aits have kept Some little, tiiv^l, simple thing, w And o'er it sncl);y -wept; : R^ Some biokcn toy, some well-med book, " A ritic;, a lock of hair, Or fp.uwl iJowpi* — moie piocioii"? far Than ge'd, or }2v,?te rare.
IV. My hand-, L fe's ro.-'e3 yet may clasp In many o garden «pot ; But sweeter than (he sweetest rose, My dt>ad Fon; f t-mc-not ! The gloiv oi tiiAt nunvnci mom, The iv.piuie ot an iiouv For-oTer po,st still clij'?a to it — Dt'fir, littlo f ieLd flower 1
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Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1866, 21 June 1884, Page 1 (Supplement)
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207Poetry. "More Precious Far Than Gold." Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1866, 21 June 1884, Page 1 (Supplement)
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