Miscellaneous.
The Girdle of Friendship* Sho gathered at her slender waist The beauteous robe sho wore ; Its folds a golden belt embraced, One rose-hued gem it bore. The girdle shrank ; its lessening round Still kept the shining gem, But now her flowing locks it bound, A lustrous diadem. And narrower still the circlet grew ; Behold ! a glittering band, Its roseate diamond set anew, Her neck's white column spanned. Suns rise and set ; the straining clasp The shortened links resist, Yet flashes in a bracelet's grasp The diamond, on her wrist. At length, the round of changes past The theiving years could bring, The jewel, glittering to the last, Still sparkles in a ring. So, link by link, our friendships part, So loosen, break, and fall, A narrowing zone ; the loving heart Lives changeless through them all. — Oliver Wendell Holmes in the Atlantic.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1884, 2 August 1884, Page 2 (Supplement)
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142Miscellaneous. Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1884, 2 August 1884, Page 2 (Supplement)
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